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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
+description: "Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 979"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 979 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Kallman", "Urso"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35cd51af-6528-4c5f-bebf-86af0ad12bee"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "418da47ee9cfb830e7a2e0f75d0f53e4cf0a6fdebf79c42e61686cb146ece525"
+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 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
+
+Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0979.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
+- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 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/35cd51af-6528-4c5f-bebf-86af0ad12bee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+