republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5948.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)	AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	HB 5948	Rhode Island HB 5948 (2023)	bill	Death Domestic Relations East Providence Taxation Veterans	enacted	Boylan Dawson Henries Kazarian	1	11	1	2023-03-01	2023-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/a45fc482-0d85-4c78-a7c2-f732492738b2	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	183938ae30d7bcc4ada081e8e40502e019b79c9ee6aa13cea32262667c7a4d7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5948 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Transfers the tax exemption classification to a surviving spouse until remarriage or death.)

Version chain

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

1. 5948 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boylan — primary (person)
• Dawson — primary (person)
• Henries — primary (person)
• Kazarian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-01 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-10 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/16/2023)
• 2023-03-16 03/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-05-05 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2023)
• 2023-05-09 05/09/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-12 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2023) reading-3
• 2023-05-18 05/18/2023 House read and passed passage
• 2023-06-07 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-14 06/14/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a45fc482-0d85-4c78-a7c2-f732492738b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).