---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1009"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1009 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-02"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266ffdc5-13a8-467d-8a18-312b69f12e53"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "767cad176147f219b8055a20dad719d11bf21dd2db6ceb13179ae7f434992ded"
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 1009 (2025) — 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **1009 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1009A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025)
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/266ffdc5-13a8-467d-8a18-312b69f12e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).