---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Greenwich to adopt a flexible tiered tax classification system regardless of whether it is a revaluation or update year and also to provide an exemption to small businesses for tangible personal property taxes.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Greenwich to adopt a flexible tiered tax classification system regardless of whether it is a revaluation or update year and also to provide an exemption to small businesses for tangible personal property taxes.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5993"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5993 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["East Greenwich"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18f2c322-9763-42ec-8474-f14d5fa8d579"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8acfa57546e61130acb0db745efc55c30e922fbc0d216713310b7907006d7524"
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 5993 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Greenwich to adopt a flexible tiered tax classification system regardless of whether it is a revaluation or update year and also to provide an exemption to small businesses for tangible personal property taxes.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5993 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5993aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2019)
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2019)
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2019)
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 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/18f2c322-9763-42ec-8474-f14d5fa8d579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).