Rhode Island / State / 2026 Regular Session

Public Laws 2026, chapters 29 (H 7662) and 30 (S 2700) Gave Middletown ordinance authority over its veterans exemptions

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Expands benefits Lets Middletown reach veterans of any service dates and raises its prisoner of war floor above the statewide $15,000.

Amended R.I. Gen. Laws 44-3-4 so the Middletown town council may by ordinance grant a tax credit or exemption to any honorably discharged veteran regardless of service dates, an additional credit or exemption for a 100 percent service-connected disabled veteran (replacing the $5,000 the section had given Middletown for the totally disabled), a credit or exemption for specially adapted housing, and a prisoner of war exemption above $25,000 or an equivalent credit. Effective on passage.

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Sponsors

  • CortvriendSponsor, House
  • FinkelmanCo-sponsor, House

What it touches

  • R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-3-4

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Official record

Read Public Laws 2026, chapters 29 (H 7662) and 30 (S 2700) on the jurisdiction's own record