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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- DAM MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS"
description: "Exempts property that consists of the lake bed and Wilsons Reservoir in the town of Burrillville from taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8028"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8028 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry", "Place"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8921a8f5-0408-41f9-9f78-bb1b2ff136a7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e14b46c734050005b07dddd3a6654926394b1c341b63c427bf1d650d615824d8"
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 8028 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- DAM MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
Exempts property that consists of the lake bed and Wilsons Reservoir in the town of Burrillville from taxes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8028 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8028A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **691** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Newberry — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2026)
- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/8921a8f5-0408-41f9-9f78-bb1b2ff136a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).