---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires notice to the assessor of new subdivisions of land and provides for a proration of real estate taxes to be applied thereto.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires notice to the assessor of new subdivisions of land and provides for a proration of real estate taxes to be applied thereto.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7616"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7616 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canario", "Edwards"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3bde02a-6937-40b1-b320-a3b887a44dad"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d2e8c5d98e8d7c833b8f3b17a0dd0ba42d654341aa7839de5791d91dd4ad2b1a"
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 7616 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Requires notice to the assessor of new subdivisions of land and provides for a proration of real estate taxes to be applied thereto.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **7616** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7616.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canario — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-14** 02/14/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government
- **2018-04-17** 04/17/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2018)
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/e3bde02a-6937-40b1-b320-a3b887a44dad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).