---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Permits the town of Barrington to deny issuance or renewal of licenses or permits for properties on which the taxes and/or assessments are in arrears.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Permits the town of Barrington to deny issuance or renewal of licenses or permits for properties on which the taxes and/or assessments are in arrears.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 7255"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7255 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barrington", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cassar", "Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-23"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db4473e6-7cb6-46f7-a3cc-d52f21ada858"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e871dfd8ff40e899be8a42b402d574fb121170531c7987075eebb4cf111f69f2"
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 7255 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - COLLECTION OF TAXES GENERALLY (Permits the town of Barrington to deny issuance or renewal of licenses or permits for properties on which the taxes and/or assessments are in arrears.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H7255.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cassar — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-23** 01/23/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** 02/14/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2020)
- **2020-02-27** 02/27/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2020-03-06** 03/06/2020 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2020)
- **2020-03-12** 03/12/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-26** 06/26/2020 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/db4473e6-7cb6-46f7-a3cc-d52f21ada858`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).