---
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: "SB 2577"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2577 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ujifusa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a643621c-b388-4d35-a211-2201681f507d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d4d900d41414dd907399bdeab2129ed45a45424037a64c7f528da708df245292"
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 2577 (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. **2577** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2577.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ujifusa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-13** 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** 03/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/15/2026)
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House 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/a643621c-b388-4d35-a211-2201681f507d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).