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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: "Enables the town of Portsmouth to adopt, repeal, or modify their tax classification plan for any tax year on and after December 31, 2026."
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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 7661"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7661 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "McGaw"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b69b27da-c4d7-4b55-bcb5-da68d51cb1cc"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f359c72cb936e506dfebe130c2349079447af03c04ded61b4042735bcd9f9e38"
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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 7661 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES
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Enables the town of Portsmouth to adopt, repeal, or modify their tax classification plan for any tax year on and after December 31, 2026.
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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. **7661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7661.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
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- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2026)
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- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/12/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-12** 03/12/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/02/2026)
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- **2026-04-02** 04/02/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** 05/06/2026 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/b69b27da-c4d7-4b55-bcb5-da68d51cb1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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