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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment.)"
+description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 8088"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8088 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bonds", "Cranston"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Handy", "Lima", "Mattiello", "Millea"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-07-02"
+last_action: "2020-07-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f111a178-881b-4244-820f-2234e61f6087"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "2e3e2e2073d1742d76ed3c8c599c1a3b60a25d75bcaa6b91940fe74ae979aafc"
+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 8088 (2020) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8088** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8088.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Mattiello — primary (person)
+- Millea — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
+- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-25** 07/25/2020 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f111a178-881b-4244-820f-2234e61f6087`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+