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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: "SB 979"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 979 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Kallman", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-16"
last_action: "2025-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35cd51af-6528-4c5f-bebf-86af0ad12bee"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "418da47ee9cfb830e7a2e0f75d0f53e4cf0a6fdebf79c42e61686cb146ece525"
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 979 (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. **979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0979.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **670** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2025)
- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House 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/35cd51af-6528-4c5f-bebf-86af0ad12bee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).