---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Creates class of owner-occupied dwellings of 5 or less/limits effective tax rates for all classes/extends home exemption to owner-occupied property of 5 units or less. Retroactive to July 1, 2020.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Creates class of owner-occupied dwellings of 5 or less/limits effective tax rates for all classes/extends home exemption to owner-occupied property of 5 units or less. Retroactive to July 1, 2020.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2866"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2866 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Central Falls", "Housing", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-12"
last_action: "2020-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/574c5b5c-379d-4d30-af65-a3a5e3e59f10"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7c34e8332e3ab46a76f737a3eb6160bc63e1e99702dcf6b348d15df2662ba238"
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 2866 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Creates class of owner-occupied dwellings of 5 or less/limits effective tax rates for all classes/extends home exemption to owner-occupied property of 5 units or less. Retroactive to July 1, 2020.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2866** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2866.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2020)
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 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/574c5b5c-379d-4d30-af65-a3a5e3e59f10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).