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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION"
description: "Authorizes the town of Jamestown to authorize, by ordinance, the expansion of the local tax exemption ordinance for seniors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7151"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7151 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Finkelman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/377a9932-6984-485d-ac57-8bef1b268a43"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "89759c77c2ae8ad21021456655f61416cd624bb18377c770c67cebab1e57be04"
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 7151 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION
Authorizes the town of Jamestown to authorize, by ordinance, the expansion of the local tax exemption ordinance for seniors.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7151.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **700** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Finkelman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/20/2026)
- **2026-01-20** 01/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration (01/27/2026)
- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Placed on House Calendar (02/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/16/2026)
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 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/377a9932-6984-485d-ac57-8bef1b268a43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).