---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Allows the town of Tiverton to apply different tax rates to all classes of property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2576"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2576 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41829ac1-81b7-4cea-b1b9-b7103024a9b9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "17925df49ac49302dea70e67b172b690511c0f0060c9a63c148f4bac9e6ad397"
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 2576 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Allows the town of Tiverton to apply different tax rates to all classes of property.

## Version chain

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

1. **2576** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2576.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** 03/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/03/2026)
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/41829ac1-81b7-4cea-b1b9-b7103024a9b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).