---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows Bristol to adopt tax classification plan for tax relief for taxes assessed on 12/31/23 and any tax year thereafter.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows Bristol to adopt tax classification plan for tax relief for taxes assessed on 12/31/23 and any tax year thereafter.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6167"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6167 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Cities & Towns", "Finance", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-17"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5ebcac0-20c3-4a53-8bfa-3ea1f52930c7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b82cc11967db02ae93bde703b59bdcaffde40b374401051c3728194af8303425"
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 6167 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows Bristol to adopt tax classification plan for tax relief for taxes assessed on 12/31/23 and any tax year thereafter.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6167.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donovan — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2023)
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/f5ebcac0-20c3-4a53-8bfa-3ea1f52930c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).