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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE"
+description: "Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2246"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2246 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "Miller"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-26"
+last_action: "2024-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2453514-a030-46e8-b37c-305fbe265eec"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "80597fb70e9787d34a0f1d76a9080ea669f716f47b067e277eadd3c46c2e7a66"
+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 2246 (2024) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE
+
+Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2246.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2024)
+- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/01/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2024)
+- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 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/d2453514-a030-46e8-b37c-305fbe265eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+