---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Codac, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit domestic corporation, located at 45 Royal Little Drive in Providence, Rhode Island."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5699"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5699 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSimone", "Diaz", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Lombardi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a0717eb-df2e-4d95-9880-401f5913f6d2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9e89c18e3ab5df2f27700ea07726aa6e44b2d1db8a8d3335930a0c91e84b1782"
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 5699 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION

Exempts from taxation the real and tangible personal property of Codac, Inc., a Rhode Island nonprofit domestic corporation, located at 45 Royal Little Drive in Providence, Rhode Island.

## Version chain

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

1. **5699** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5699.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a0717eb-df2e-4d95-9880-401f5913f6d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).