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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
+description: "Allows the town of Tiverton to apply different tax rates to all classes of property."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7298"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7298 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-01-23"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f83db9da-6b5a-42a0-89de-8c47c08c6cd6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2db4e1bd792d2a8144784fd0d78ec4437051ef75f51ef68c4e78b00fb66f1f5d"
+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 7298 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
+
+Allows the town of Tiverton to apply different tax rates to all classes of property.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7298.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)
+- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/f83db9da-6b5a-42a0-89de-8c47c08c6cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+