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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Revises the list of personal property subject to local taxation and provide greater clarity to businesses in the state concerning such taxes.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Revises the list of personal property subject to local taxation and provide greater clarity to businesses in the state concerning such taxes.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7858"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7858 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Property", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marszalkowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-28"
+last_action: "2018-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7fb7c02-3c01-4a56-9f7e-d845ff1e3fad"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "07fec6b0f3e35da26cecfb5186ab9537b104f13f89561586a5789d8d0f94b1be"
+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 7858 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Revises the list of personal property subject to local taxation and provide greater clarity to businesses in the state concerning such taxes.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7858 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7858A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2018)
+- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/a7fb7c02-3c01-4a56-9f7e-d845ff1e3fad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+