---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6320"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6320 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hopkins", "McNamara", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-09"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2045530-0e50-4b7f-a568-59320a7d9d9d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7f8595fa790681dce0b6a2293d7ec4e49efc086ddf5d6d1972cf65074f77288e"
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 6320 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Provides that the tax rate for Class 1 and Class 2 property be uniform and set to the same percentage.

## Version chain

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

1. **6320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6320.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 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/a2045530-0e50-4b7f-a568-59320a7d9d9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).