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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Authorizes motion picture tax credits for a production that does not have its primary location within the state, provided a minimum of ten million dollars in state certified production costs are incurred and paid within a twelve (12) month period.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Authorizes motion picture tax credits for a production that does not have its primary location within the state, provided a minimum of ten million dollars in state certified production costs are incurred and paid within a twelve (12) month period.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7247"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7247 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Films", "Arts and Theatre", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Carson", "Edwards", "Mattiello", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4876f07a-6ea2-4ce4-8b90-1b43f030b384"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e40085ccdc185565717249b1b1fac97dab9e7210c85fccf4750b965634fa2bf6"
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 7247 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS (Authorizes motion picture tax credits for a production that does not have its primary location within the state, provided a minimum of ten million dollars in state certified production costs are incurred and paid within a twelve (12) month period.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7247 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7247A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **660** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Abney — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-23** 01/23/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** 01/24/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/28/2020)
- **2020-01-28** 01/28/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Scheduled for consideration (02/11/2020)
- **2020-02-07** 02/07/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Placed on House Calendar (02/13/2020)
- **2020-02-13** 02/13/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-02-25** 02/25/2020 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-06** 03/06/2020 Scheduled for consideration (03/10/2020)
- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** 03/10/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/12/2020)
- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-17** 03/17/2020 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/4876f07a-6ea2-4ce4-8b90-1b43f030b384`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).