---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Permits the town of Little Compton a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed twelve percent (12%)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6362"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6362 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-23"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81dcf5ac-3959-4f8a-be90-6882c8d2797e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4f354bf30df47e737dcaedf0b3855df4560e6176970c082523ee471d3dbbef97"
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 6362 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Permits the town of Little Compton a one-year levy cap for fiscal year 2026 not to exceed twelve percent (12%).

## Version chain

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

1. **6362** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6362.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2025)
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/81dcf5ac-3959-4f8a-be90-6882c8d2797e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).