---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6232"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6232 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cruz", "Fellela", "Furtado", "Messier", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-11"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e52f378b-ff78-4e08-940f-51f57fbfa25d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "acc52c9d06a1422492c3b51925ad2955ad8568c8baedc78c5f73a4f858e92253"
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 6232 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Amends Pawtucket property tax classification system.

## Version chain

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

1. **6232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6232.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cruz — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** 04/11/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** 04/25/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 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/e52f378b-ff78-4e08-940f-51f57fbfa25d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).