---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Amends Warwick's ration of Class 1 and Class 2 property tax rates by reducing the minimum ratio of the Class 1 property tax rates from 75% to 57% of Class 2 property tax rates.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Amends Warwick's ration of Class 1 and Class 2 property tax rates by reducing the minimum ratio of the Class 1 property tax rates from 75% to 57% of Class 2 property tax rates.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 979"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 979 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation", "Warwick"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeLuca", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d32c63d-6b14-4dd1-82b5-9127c8707468"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5720f99f2638fa9a4d0af77af696b2dc300dd58b79cfb7bb68d07a8d7b1ffbcf"
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 SB 979 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Amends Warwick's ration of Class 1 and Class 2 property tax rates by reducing the minimum ratio of the Class 1 property tax rates from 75% to 57% of Class 2 property tax rates.)

## Version chain

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

1. **979 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0979A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeLuca — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-22** 05/22/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 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/5d32c63d-6b14-4dd1-82b5-9127c8707468`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).