---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Authorizes reassessment of taxes on new construction from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the date it is first used, whichever is the earlier."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2582"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2582 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-01"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/668d95d6-6ea4-45c8-ae78-33cd5e697ce1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5c5bb84913df08117b75791298b33cc5c17a0acd8a63c44e8cec70bad941ca18"
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 2582 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Authorizes reassessment of taxes on new construction from the date of issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the date it is first used, whichever is the earlier.

## Version chain

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

1. **2582** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2582.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 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/668d95d6-6ea4-45c8-ae78-33cd5e697ce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).