republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-8338.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 -- VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Eliminates the requirement that a service person serving in conflicts or undeclared wars receive a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal in order to receive a property tax exemption.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Eliminates the requirement that a service person serving in conflicts or undeclared wars receive a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal in order to receive a property tax exemption.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 8338	Rhode Island HB 8338 (2018)	bill	Taxation	enacted	Lancia Shanley Solomon Tobon Vella-Wilkinson	1	9	1	2018-06-20	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/5c26a208-73a7-4783-8ff9-4a2e2fda7ecc	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	d3347630fc8b5de62634bd7436bff2712ff02b84d6d58716e15f034fdb7eae58	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8338 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- VETERANS' EXEMPTIONS (Eliminates the requirement that a service person serving in conflicts or undeclared wars receive a campaign ribbon or expeditionary medal in order to receive a property tax exemption.)

Version chain

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

1. 8338 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lancia — primary (person)
• Shanley — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)
• Tobon — primary (person)
• Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Introduced, referred to House Veterans Affairs introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2018)
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 House read and passed passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c26a208-73a7-4783-8ff9-4a2e2fda7ecc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).