---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Authorizes the city of Woonsocket to levy a tax for its fiscal year at a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of the amount levied and certified by the city for the prior year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6386"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6386 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Casey", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-04"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9374c696-6992-4a35-92d8-32ae6c8577e0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3ac4644b6a7d81f8548f894da4a9e0a24b9586a8d6998a6619044f46478b389d"
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 6386 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Authorizes the city of Woonsocket to levy a tax for its fiscal year at a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of the amount levied and certified by the city for the prior year.

## Version chain

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

1. **6386 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6386aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–2** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **66–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brien — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/16/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/9374c696-6992-4a35-92d8-32ae6c8577e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).