---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Authorizes the town of Coventry to apportion the tax levy proportionately between residential and commercial properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3315"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3315 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Patalano", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Rogers", "Thompson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-05-22"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c34e169-ee8c-4d3a-b72f-72bf38c16c1c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dc2545a609a134e728365c7ddb256a7851a1153d56e9e58f368aecd3d0032e68"
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 3315 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Authorizes the town of Coventry to apportion the tax levy proportionately between residential and commercial properties.

## Version chain

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

1. **3315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3315.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–1** (pass) · upper
- ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 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 (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/9c34e169-ee8c-4d3a-b72f-72bf38c16c1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).