---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5448"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5448 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Finance", "New Shoreham", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d09168f-2681-4fd8-a28e-cb2d274baceb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6db9f00a0410b81f1e2dc0b17785d9a69923c1cbad910b0718e3c4d496b9d2ef"
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 5448 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town council of New Shoreham to adopt a tax classification plan in accordance with the provisions of this section, to be applicable to taxes on or after the assessment date of December 31, 2023.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5448** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5448.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Meeting postponed (03/07/2023)
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 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/7d09168f-2681-4fd8-a28e-cb2d274baceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).