---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Repeals a section of the general laws that restricts the ability of the town of Warren to enact an ordinance in order to adopt the more favorable tax classification provisions of § 44-5-11.8.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Repeals a section of the general laws that restricts the ability of the town of Warren to enact an ordinance in order to adopt the more favorable tax classification provisions of § 44-5-11.8.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6385"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6385 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation", "Warren"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-10"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca0ce2c3-5933-4c96-93a4-d3a6347266e1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5857191433a0a41ce137be045eefd0ced357ed61a72218e6c3d66280303633bc"
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 6385 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Repeals a section of the general laws that restricts the ability of the town of Warren to enact an ordinance in order to adopt the more favorable tax classification provisions of § 44-5-11.8.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6385.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** 05/22/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/ca0ce2c3-5933-4c96-93a4-d3a6347266e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).