---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Authorizes Newport to set the effective tax rate applicable to any property class in an amount not to exceed by 50% the rate applicable to any other class in the first year following a comprehensive revaluation or any update.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Authorizes Newport to set the effective tax rate applicable to any property class in an amount not to exceed by 50% the rate applicable to any other class in the first year following a comprehensive revaluation or any update.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2942"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2942 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Newport", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-31"
last_action: "2018-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26d9ede2-8ec8-41a1-9e68-26389a88fc3e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f9c62cb302fc024e155148de45ef60c473cb9c30dc7d16055d0301d21d6e3203"
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 2942 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Authorizes Newport to set the effective tax rate applicable to any property class in an amount not to exceed by 50% the rate applicable to any other class in the first year following a comprehensive revaluation or any update.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2942** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2942.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-28** 06/28/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26d9ede2-8ec8-41a1-9e68-26389a88fc3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).