---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 303 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Finance", "New Shoreham", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df62e639-b381-41e1-a26b-e76fe96e2007"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b7511d5130f895f7f7cad454a64286e143a1c7b11b7d64429659a7c199fa4651"
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 303 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.)

## Version chain

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

1. **303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0303.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/09/2023)
- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2023)
- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 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/df62e639-b381-41e1-a26b-e76fe96e2007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).