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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Greenwich to adopt a flexible tiered tax classification system regardless of whether it is a revaluation or update year and also to provide an exemption to small businesses for tangible personal property taxes.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Greenwich to adopt a flexible tiered tax classification system regardless of whether it is a revaluation or update year and also to provide an exemption to small businesses for tangible personal property taxes.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 823"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 823 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["East Greenwich"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Raptakis", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-04-30"
+last_action: "2019-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01ff5732-99cc-49c2-ba5b-9e02b6a9580b"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e2fc7fffb70eb2825c3ab9f303a41fa39e8d62150de0730204fc669889903a65"
+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 SB 823 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Greenwich to adopt a flexible tiered tax classification system regardless of whether it is a revaluation or update year and also to provide an exemption to small businesses for tangible personal property taxes.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **823 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0823aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ITEM 2 19-S 823 — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2019)
+- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
+- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 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/01ff5732-99cc-49c2-ba5b-9e02b6a9580b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+