---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- JOHNSTON (Amends the property tax classification for the town of Johnston to be consistent with state law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- JOHNSTON (Amends the property tax classification for the town of Johnston to be consistent with state law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 893 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-22"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4777f24-2107-43ab-84f6-56ce9c281589"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2bacc2395866b519c0f6844ebe4d86ec68ce8ed57161e7248426e55e7042f1a1"
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 893 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- JOHNSTON (Amends the property tax classification for the town of Johnston to be consistent with state law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **893** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0893.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 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/d4777f24-2107-43ab-84f6-56ce9c281589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).