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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Changes the tax classifications for cable television assets.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Changes the tax classifications for cable television assets.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 5676"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5676 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cable TV", "Property", "Taxation", "Television"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marszalkowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-07-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa01b62c-aa39-4721-93e6-8919ce648db1"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "881bc017b81d9192b9fe65c1ecde9cf85768db962e4347874ff5e419868e4478"
+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 5676 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Changes the tax classifications for cable television assets.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5676 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5676A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-28** 02/28/2021 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
+- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2021)
+- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (06/21/2021)
+- **2021-06-20** 06/20/2021 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (06/21/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Scheduled for consideration (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-17** 07/17/2021 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/fa01b62c-aa39-4721-93e6-8919ce648db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+