---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of Cumberland to apply different tax rates against all classes of property.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of Cumberland to apply different tax rates against all classes of property.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8039"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8039 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Hull", "Marszalkowski", "McLaughlin", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-23"
last_action: "2022-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42ee6830-65bc-409c-a258-4ee873926b27"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8f9a67580a4cd6b9370ca2a8c82f784553ac7bbcbf993edfa7c3ae385204d433"
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 8039 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of Cumberland to apply different tax rates against all classes of property.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8039** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8039.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McLaughlin — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-23** 03/23/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2022)
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2022)
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 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/42ee6830-65bc-409c-a258-4ee873926b27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).