---
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: "SB 2427"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2427 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Land/Landfills", "Real Estate", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683347a1-7c67-4f49-8a9e-fa6286a090ac"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "b13515cb8207c45d9745ffbb1c52f28dee816077d4303f1f5bfcd78cee0d369f"
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 2427 (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. **2427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2427.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/01/2018)
- **2018-03-01** 03/01/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House 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/683347a1-7c67-4f49-8a9e-fa6286a090ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).