---
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: "SB 2854"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2854 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Central Falls", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-03"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53fbae13-61e5-40b3-b76c-d6f60e419029"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2c0d06323518b72b72aa1d123061cf761376e0de39803bf7d0d7dedc55e50c55"
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 2854 (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. **2854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2854.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Meeting postponed (05/29/2018)
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House 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/53fbae13-61e5-40b3-b76c-d6f60e419029`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).