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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Providence to adopt a new tax rate applicable to Class 2 property that shall not exceed by two hundred percent (200%) the rate applicable to Class 1 property.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Providence to adopt a new tax rate applicable to Class 2 property that shall not exceed by two hundred percent (200%) the rate applicable to Class 1 property.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 240 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "East Providence", "Property", "Real Estate", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Lauria", "Lawson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b6c4a05-c421-481b-a65c-822f574f9d39"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "93cb7aabc8bbdf1ab2374bb3d2fe527d464bb5c908701f5b8b44ad08414a819d"
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 240 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Allows the town of East Providence to adopt a new tax rate applicable to Class 2 property that shall not exceed by two hundred percent (200%) the rate applicable to Class 1 property.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **240 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0240A.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL TAXES — **370** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **710** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Britto — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10** 03/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-14** 03/14/2023 Meeting postponed (03/14/2023)
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-27** 03/27/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/19/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-10** 05/10/2023 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/2b6c4a05-c421-481b-a65c-822f574f9d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).