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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 6242"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6242 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bridges"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Kennedy", "McKiernan", "Place", "Ucci"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-06-22"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91917fe0-cb36-4cb6-9b01-641e81bb38a2"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "cf95cd0f34a3c54aa7095381a60074194e98017642931470d01bbf57264c1127"
+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 6242 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION - RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Expands the definition of “approved project” to include resiliency related infrastructure projects, and further prohibits the award of financial assistance for a water pollution abatement project.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6242.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McKiernan — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Ucci — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/24/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/91917fe0-cb36-4cb6-9b01-641e81bb38a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+