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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES"
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description: "Allows the town of Tiverton to apply different tax rates to all classes of property."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7298"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7298 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Edwards"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f83db9da-6b5a-42a0-89de-8c47c08c6cd6"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "2db4e1bd792d2a8144784fd0d78ec4437051ef75f51ef68c4e78b00fb66f1f5d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7298 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
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Allows the town of Tiverton to apply different tax rates to all classes of property.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7298** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7298.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2026)
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- **2026-02-03** 02/03/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
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- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f83db9da-6b5a-42a0-89de-8c47c08c6cd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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