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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Providence to adopt a new tax rate applicable to Class 2 property that shall not exceed by two hundred percent (200%) the rate applicable to Class 1 property.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Providence to adopt a new tax rate applicable to Class 2 property that shall not exceed by two hundred percent (200%) the rate applicable to Class 1 property.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 240"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 240 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "East Providence", "Property", "Real Estate", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Lauria", "Lawson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b6c4a05-c421-481b-a65c-822f574f9d39"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "93cb7aabc8bbdf1ab2374bb3d2fe527d464bb5c908701f5b8b44ad08414a819d"
+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 240 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Providence to adopt a new tax rate applicable to Class 2 property that shall not exceed by two hundred percent (200%) the rate applicable to Class 1 property.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **240 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0240A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- LOCAL TAXES — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
+- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
+- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2023)
+- **2023-03-27** 03/27/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
+- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 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/2b6c4a05-c421-481b-a65c-822f574f9d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+