republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5777.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, extending from 7/1/2021, to 7/1/2024.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, extending from 7/1/2021, to 7/1/2024.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5777	Rhode Island HB 5777 (2017)	bill	Films Arts and Theatre Taxation	enacted	Carson Fogarty Lima Regunberg Slater	1	11	3	2017-03-01	2017-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e52a7c6c-f9c1-4443-8b6c-7edfdde62718	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	99db2b9a8277b972c732e9d6cac17fef83709e26889f16c6bf6add862e0bbea0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5777 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Removes video games from the definition of "motion picture" for the purposes of the Motion Picture Credit Tax Act, extending from 7/1/2021, to 7/1/2024.)

Version chain

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

1. 5777 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 64–6 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 9–59 (fail) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Carson — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Lima — primary (person)
• Regunberg — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-06-19 06/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2017)
• 2017-06-21 06/21/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-24 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
• 2017-06-26 06/26/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-13 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-18 07/18/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e52a7c6c-f9c1-4443-8b6c-7edfdde62718. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).