---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the city of Newport to adopt separate tax rates for non-owner occupied and owner occupied residential real estate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the city of Newport to adopt separate tax rates for non-owner occupied and owner occupied residential real estate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2898"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2898 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-26"
last_action: "2022-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/050cb635-bfb6-4143-bfeb-9f6925163f74"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "027efff036f08d0c3ab5bedc4c24592304ba1e1ec74ef009ac285b47e2109bb9"
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 2898 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the city of Newport to adopt separate tax rates for non-owner occupied and owner occupied residential real estate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2898 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2898A.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2022)
- **2022-05-03** 05/03/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-16** 05/16/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 Sub A 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/050cb635-bfb6-4143-bfeb-9f6925163f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).