---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Makes certain technical amendments /clarifications to the statutes relating to the assessment of real property and the timing and process to appeals thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 942"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 942 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Burke", "DiMario", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Mack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-04"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9586bc4a-a7cd-4c0a-b1cb-141e9c2fb610"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e3d7e3a0b43b36d59e0f2bd97c588994a061ecd6242473d155e268c773f9f6ae"
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 942 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Makes certain technical amendments /clarifications to the statutes relating to the assessment of real property and the timing and process to appeals thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **942 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0942A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/01/2025)
- **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`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House 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`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9586bc4a-a7cd-4c0a-b1cb-141e9c2fb610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).