---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7373"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7373 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz", "Felix", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Messier", "Potter", "Shallcross Smith", "Spears", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9919590b-8e48-4a39-a557-e29e8ca04bd4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bafe8f80952187e5a2e744b6bad0d43f318bbca555e93afb2298eccbb085ba26"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 7373 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center located in the city of Pawtucket.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7373.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-28** 01/28/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)
- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for consideration (02/26/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration
- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Meeting postponed (05/21/2026)
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2026)
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9919590b-8e48-4a39-a557-e29e8ca04bd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).