---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides the authority to the assessor of the town of Cumberland to apply a tax classification system for real estate and personal property.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides the authority to the assessor of the town of Cumberland to apply a tax classification system for real estate and personal property.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2624"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2624 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-10"
last_action: "2022-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c78d8b0c-760d-4325-a91d-c084ced54a7f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "14277ecf68411b6cdb212f928d62028de54d5d8433a5b55d36e9616a48c15766"
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 2624 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Provides the authority to the assessor of the town of Cumberland to apply a tax classification system for real estate and personal property.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2624.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL TAXES — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pearson — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-25** 04/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2022)
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 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/c78d8b0c-760d-4325-a91d-c084ced54a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).