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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables all municipalities to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods during fiscal years 2024 or 2025 for the waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables all municipalities to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods during fiscal years 2024 or 2025 for the waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 879"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 879 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Interest", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01fb5d60-1357-4576-94b9-912b86c99d32"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e1b2e5270b1364b1998371e859f4a32cd9720a15fff067c7344957f0a38db958"
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 879 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Enables all municipalities to offer tax amnesty for two (2) separate sixty (60) day periods during fiscal years 2024 or 2025 for the waiver of interest and penalties on overdue tangible tax payments.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **879 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0879Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage as Amended — **360** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Felag — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/20/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2023)
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-26** 06/26/2023 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/01fb5d60-1357-4576-94b9-912b86c99d32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).