---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- JOHNSTON (Amends the property tax classification for the town of Johnston to be consistent with state law.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- JOHNSTON (Amends the property tax classification for the town of Johnston to be consistent with state law.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6181"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6181 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Fellela", "Mendez", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a324134d-ffb6-48d0-b20b-15968edc5531"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "51357cbd41eb96eca7fbd0896bd5c2863100e7e27e328e158c14183d2b051bb4"
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 6181 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES -- JOHNSTON (Amends the property tax classification for the town of Johnston to be consistent with state law.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6181.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Costantino — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Mendez — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2019)
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-10** 06/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 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/a324134d-ffb6-48d0-b20b-15968edc5531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).