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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
+description: "Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6320"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6320 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hopkins", "McNamara", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-05-09"
+last_action: "2025-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2045530-0e50-4b7f-a568-59320a7d9d9d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7f8595fa790681dce0b6a2293d7ec4e49efc086ddf5d6d1972cf65074f77288e"
+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 6320 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
+
+Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6320.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Hopkins — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Shekarchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 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/a2045530-0e50-4b7f-a568-59320a7d9d9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+