---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Authorizes the town of Glocester to levy a supplemental tax, by voter referendum, that exceeds the current tax cap by three percent (3%) for fiscal year 2026, to fund school operations and avoid the loss of critical town services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6409"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6409 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-11"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9557def8-be48-4a71-9d61-71a1d8e27bad"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cd126f5cc79d5396300e40814b03afcb7cbbf269b5513cf1937d8679fafcf8ca"
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 6409 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Authorizes the town of Glocester to levy a supplemental tax, by voter referendum, that exceeds the current tax cap by three percent (3%) for fiscal year 2026, to fund school operations and avoid the loss of critical town services.

## Version chain

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

1. **6409 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6409aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **71–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chippendale — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-11** 06/11/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-01** 07/01/2025 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/9557def8-be48-4a71-9d61-71a1d8e27bad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).