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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: "SB 1097"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1097 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-05-23"
+last_action: "2025-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e52fa10-29df-468a-a950-07c679be827f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "40c5313522234c0b9866ff8264dd7336fef022db0a34663ec9e4dac6582edfbf"
+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 1097 (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. **1097** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1097.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-26** 05/26/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2025)
+- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House 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/2e52fa10-29df-468a-a950-07c679be827f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+