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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Amends Warwick's ration of Class 1 and Class 2 property tax rates by reducing the minimum ratio of the Class 1 property tax rates from 75% to 57% of Class 2 property tax rates.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Amends Warwick's ration of Class 1 and Class 2 property tax rates by reducing the minimum ratio of the Class 1 property tax rates from 75% to 57% of Class 2 property tax rates.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 979"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 979 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxation", "Warwick"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DeLuca", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d32c63d-6b14-4dd1-82b5-9127c8707468"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5720f99f2638fa9a4d0af77af696b2dc300dd58b79cfb7bb68d07a8d7b1ffbcf"
+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 979 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Amends Warwick's ration of Class 1 and Class 2 property tax rates by reducing the minimum ratio of the Class 1 property tax rates from 75% to 57% of Class 2 property tax rates.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **979 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0979A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DeLuca — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-22** 05/22/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 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/5d32c63d-6b14-4dd1-82b5-9127c8707468`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+