---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Allows the waiver of interest on overdue taxes for commercial properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2453"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2453 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Felag", "LaMountain", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3fd19f9-a576-49cb-968d-620d85965c4e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ba44beb3ced867cb6cc27d06621157ff87b7f3687db5a9b53fb3c2f7ae11a431"
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 SB 2453 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Allows the waiver of interest on overdue taxes for commercial properties.

## Version chain

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

1. **2453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2453.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/a3fd19f9-a576-49cb-968d-620d85965c4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).