---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the total amount of all flat tax credits from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%) of the prior year's tax levy.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the total amount of all flat tax credits from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%) of the prior year's tax levy.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6291"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6291 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Burrillville", "Property", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newberry", "Place"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-19"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d97e5330-a88c-4d4d-a1d7-e16f2b9700f7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "618ee4c61dc69e00cb25385d6e99578840776ad4eb36d6e88fe543d4a26dd433"
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 6291 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXATION (Increases the total amount of all flat tax credits from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%) of the prior year's tax levy.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6291.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Newberry — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/d97e5330-a88c-4d4d-a1d7-e16f2b9700f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).