---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- TOWN OF JOHNSTON"
description: "Authorizes the town of Johnston to grant a tax credit to any person over the age of sixty-five (65) years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7111"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7111 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardillo", "Costantino", "Fellela", "Perez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e46539b8-f8fb-416a-aa14-baf8ab83ecc5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "647835ec3764e4f8ea3c929e2f6f6c35ff4f92a7f589df9a58d194356db3368a"
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 7111 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION -- TOWN OF JOHNSTON

Authorizes the town of Johnston to grant a tax credit to any person over the age of sixty-five (65) years.

## Version chain

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

1. **7111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7111.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** 01/19/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/25/2024)
- **2024-01-25** 01/25/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for consideration (02/08/2024)
- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** 02/09/2024 Placed on House Calendar (02/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** 02/14/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 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/e46539b8-f8fb-416a-aa14-baf8ab83ecc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).