---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Enables the town of Portsmouth to adopt, repeal, or modify their tax classification plan for any tax year on and after December 31, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7661"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7661 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "McGaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b69b27da-c4d7-4b55-bcb5-da68d51cb1cc"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f359c72cb936e506dfebe130c2349079447af03c04ded61b4042735bcd9f9e38"
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 7661 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Enables the town of Portsmouth to adopt, repeal, or modify their tax classification plan for any tax year on and after December 31, 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **7661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7661.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2026)
- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 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/b69b27da-c4d7-4b55-bcb5-da68d51cb1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).