---
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: "SB 787"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 787 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bristol", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Lauria", "Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f6171d6-5ba3-4889-b921-b4c5e11730a4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b5e749be7837a1590fca140e89fa6dbdaea18d88c148498cc0892bce0f97cfc5"
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 787 (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. **787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0787.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/0f6171d6-5ba3-4889-b921-b4c5e11730a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).