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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8273"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8273 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Buses", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Walsh"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-06-01"
+last_action: "2018-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe4bacd-2160-40a0-8c37-8ab6d679b3a6"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "5ee6e383a3b7c45b11be5d977c95a0b85a704909f17632289e04d6f438d46163"
+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 HB 8273 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8273.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
+- Walsh — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee transferred to House Corporations
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
+- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/4fe4bacd-2160-40a0-8c37-8ab6d679b3a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+