---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows Woonsocket to assess different tax rates upon motor vehicles and ratable tangible personal property to comply with Motor Vehicle/Trailer Tax Elimination Act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows Woonsocket to assess different tax rates upon motor vehicles and ratable tangible personal property to comply with Motor Vehicle/Trailer Tax Elimination Act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6080"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6080 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Morin", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-08"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8961afc-ff28-4f25-9e61-fcf71642cca6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3dff527cec86ac1bf78878ee90a5ce13148d85b34fecf3354bcf3bdfec25b584"
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 HB 6080 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION - LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows Woonsocket to assess different tax rates upon motor vehicles and ratable tangible personal property to comply with Motor Vehicle/Trailer Tax Elimination Act.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6080 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6080aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-08** 05/08/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2019)
- **2019-05-15** 05/15/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/c8961afc-ff28-4f25-9e61-fcf71642cca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).