---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES--CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS (Authorizes Central Falls to adopt 3 separate tax classifications of residential property consisting of tax rates: owner-occupied property of 5 units or less/dwellings of 6 units or more/non owner-occupied property of 5 units or less, including mixed use.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES--CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS (Authorizes Central Falls to adopt 3 separate tax classifications of residential property consisting of tax rates: owner-occupied property of 5 units or less/dwellings of 6 units or more/non owner-occupied property of 5 units or less, including mixed use.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8177"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8177 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Central Falls", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Edwards", "Maldonado", "McLaughlin", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-09"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/278737d0-acfa-4587-84fe-562fc2337f48"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8c27e6408abed4d88208c4bc803567beb70c7ac5b41fb2f8ed04ab63bc58a219"
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 8177 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES--CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS (Authorizes Central Falls to adopt 3 separate tax classifications of residential property consisting of tax rates: owner-occupied property of 5 units or less/dwellings of 6 units or more/non owner-occupied property of 5 units or less, including mixed use.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8177.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2018)
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 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`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/278737d0-acfa-4587-84fe-562fc2337f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).