---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the city of Newport to adopt separate tax rates for non-owner occupied and owner occupied residential real estate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the city of Newport to adopt separate tax rates for non-owner occupied and owner occupied residential real estate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8182"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8182 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-28"
last_action: "2022-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3b03e37-962e-4308-a4d5-2be54b7ef924"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3150b6628eaf68bb106e5582770cb8a7384b759abb4b9d3ccadb3b3111b7ac4c"
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 8182 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the city of Newport to adopt separate tax rates for non-owner occupied and owner occupied residential real estate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8182.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or 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/c3b03e37-962e-4308-a4d5-2be54b7ef924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).