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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE EQUIPPING, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF FIRE STATIONS IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR"
+description: "Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue up to $3,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance the equipping, expansion, improvement and renovation of fire stations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8507"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8507 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-05-01"
+last_action: "2026-06-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c900811b-b987-4bc0-9802-fe8a4dbabcb5"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1bb615ba6c20a4891dba4bad859291c09a2650ce5108d04276a0d2f38a656567"
+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 8507 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE EQUIPPING, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF FIRE STATIONS IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
+
+Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue up to $3,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance the equipping, expansion, improvement and renovation of fire stations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8507.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
+- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2026)
+- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/c900811b-b987-4bc0-9802-fe8a4dbabcb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+