---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5270"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5270 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aec521ff-7646-4f56-a0d2-e6145437a2dd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0cd4315479fbb789d133a9997ab3cbd8818ca87d6e2c9acf9ac67ef793db8f7b"
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 5270 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of the Friends of Little Compton Wellness Center, Inc.

## Version chain

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

1. **5270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5270.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** 05/19/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 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/aec521ff-7646-4f56-a0d2-e6145437a2dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).