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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Allows the Tiverton town council to grant, by ordinance, property tax credits and removes the current property assessment value-based tax exemptions for veterans, gold star parents and visually impaired persons.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Allows the Tiverton town council to grant, by ordinance, property tax credits and removes the current property assessment value-based tax exemptions for veterans, gold star parents and visually impaired persons.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7559"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7559 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Relations", "Handicapped", "Property", "Seniors", "Taxation", "Tiverton", "Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00c41dcc-1b05-4ce2-b76a-e95d133443d9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "db09957e7494f78de3b543ba3f58674934b0900d7f3017ef8ce4a9fb868a12f2"
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 7559 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Allows the Tiverton town council to grant, by ordinance, property tax credits and removes the current property assessment value-based tax exemptions for veterans, gold star parents and visually impaired persons.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7559.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Canario — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 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/00c41dcc-1b05-4ce2-b76a-e95d133443d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).