---
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: "SB 986"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 986 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation", "Warren"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14d7001b-8bad-4d56-bf83-9ed70599ea4c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9138b1445ac013b48d6b1fc48f186bdf14e0250b21524490911de6f3a5ca8014"
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 986 (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. **986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0986.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House 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/14d7001b-8bad-4d56-bf83-9ed70599ea4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).