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legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-6157.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Removes the town of Smithfield from the provisions of §§ 44-5-20.05, 44-5-20.06, 44-5-20.07, and 44-5-20.08, in regard to property tax classification and tax levy determinations.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Removes the town of Smithfield from the provisions of §§ 44-5-20.05, 44-5-20.06, 44-5-20.07, and 44-5-20.08, in regard to property tax classification and tax levy determinations.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 6157"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6157 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Property", "Smithfield", "Taxation", "Westerly"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Hawkins"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-24"
+last_action: "2021-07-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33fe781f-9959-48cc-9755-7c2a54f53abd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f09ebaaecfa30aa83ae129f14419331a6a60bdca25ea8957fd53ff19a9029337"
+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 6157 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Removes the town of Smithfield from the provisions of §§ 44-5-20.05, 44-5-20.06, 44-5-20.07, and 44-5-20.08, in regard to property tax classification and tax levy determinations.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6157.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Hawkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2021)
+- **2021-04-07** 04/07/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-14** 06/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2021)
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2021)
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-14** 07/14/2021 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/33fe781f-9959-48cc-9755-7c2a54f53abd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+