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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
+description: "Enables the town of Portsmouth to adopt, repeal, or modify their tax classification plan for any tax year on and after December 31, 2026."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2577"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2577 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ujifusa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-13"
+last_action: "2026-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a643621c-b388-4d35-a211-2201681f507d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d4d900d41414dd907399bdeab2129ed45a45424037a64c7f528da708df245292"
+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 2577 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
+
+Enables the town of Portsmouth to adopt, repeal, or modify their tax classification plan for any tax year on and after December 31, 2026.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2577** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2577.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ujifusa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** 03/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
+- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2026)
+- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 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/a643621c-b388-4d35-a211-2201681f507d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+