---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
description: "Authorizes the city of Woonsocket to levy a tax for the 2026 fiscal year at a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of the amount levied and certified by the city for the prior year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1128"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1128 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray", "Thompson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-03"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51b968c-cb24-4b0c-bac4-40e63b89e7bd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "582ab80d3c5bb313536f32ffe96395617d6acfe99670b7da98e0655b22928755"
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 1128 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES

Authorizes the city of Woonsocket to levy a tax for the 2026 fiscal year at a rate of five and one-half percent (5.5%) in excess of the amount levied and certified by the city for the prior year.

## Version chain

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

1. **1128 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S1128A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2025)
- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 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/c51b968c-cb24-4b0c-bac4-40e63b89e7bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).