---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Adopts a new tax classification system for the city of Providence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1116"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1116 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-23"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6077a0ad-e893-4f2c-8f7b-8838ea9ee7f2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ed47910d96625d4dd166d7fb28651d156b12321d7b532c33ac021d22c022dc21"
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 1116 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Adopts a new tax classification system for the city of Providence.

## Version chain

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

1. **1116 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1116Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/6077a0ad-e893-4f2c-8f7b-8838ea9ee7f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).