---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5793"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5793 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Kislak"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3918e246-d37c-40ce-80a2-45a5a0d322ae"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a0d2333ede1410cfc1fc2cbf6f02cfca2b75085842ec73d97715f46fa41791d5"
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 5793 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Amends the provisions under which a city or town may exceed the maximum levy for the assessment of local taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **5793 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5793A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **57–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee transferred to House Municipal Government & Housing
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2025)
- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/01/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/3918e246-d37c-40ce-80a2-45a5a0d322ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).