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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE BY THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $515,000,000 (Authorizes the city of Providence to finance a contribution towards the unfunded pension liability of the employee retirement system of the city of Providence by the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $515,000,000.)"
+description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE BY THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $515,000,000 (Authorizes the city of Providence to finance a contribution towards the unfunded pension liability of the employee retirement system of the city of Providence by the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $515,000,000.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2321"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2321 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Cano", "Ciccone", "Goodwin", "Mack", "Quezada", "Zurier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-15"
+last_action: "2022-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/448c9f70-57b2-42cd-b4f8-93a4b3fa9aca"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "cfc20a4321cb96002a3bfef84a80d64eb0977956f6129e781f5ec1e73b8d1788"
+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 SB 2321 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE BY THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $515,000,000 (Authorizes the city of Providence to finance a contribution towards the unfunded pension liability of the employee retirement system of the city of Providence by the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $515,000,000.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2321 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2321A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **53–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Bell — primary (person)
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Zurier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/05/2022)
+- **2022-05-04** 05/04/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
+- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study `substitution`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Meeting postponed (06/07/2022)
+- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
+- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 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/448c9f70-57b2-42cd-b4f8-93a4b3fa9aca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+