---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Amends provisions relative to the levy and assessment of local taxes and would provide that the city of Providence may adopt a tax classification with unrestricted tax rates for certain classes of property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2857"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2857 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Ruggerio", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9d01cce-1254-4f7b-818a-3cd87ec3e059"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "22ca21d148ef876a6c973000441751d4d0f82057861398f3839d7da4d2d980ec"
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 2857 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Amends provisions relative to the levy and assessment of local taxes and would provide that the city of Providence may adopt a tax classification with unrestricted tax rates for certain classes of property.

## Version chain

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

1. **2857 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2857aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–3** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **34–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2024)
- **2024-05-15** 05/15/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-18** 05/18/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-15** 06/15/2024 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/e9d01cce-1254-4f7b-818a-3cd87ec3e059`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).