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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES IN THE CITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAVING, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR"
+description: "Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than $8,000,000 general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the design, construction, repair, rehabilitation and improvement of streets, sidewalks and bridges in the city."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8623"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8623 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Fascia", "Handy", "McNamara", "Paplauskas", "Potter", "Quattrocchi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-06-05"
+last_action: "2026-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c0bf56-7af8-48c2-8230-d09889b0344e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5b59f84c68e110f30736def06a1fb7726cd449a122d2ab62e8b41eac118c9d78"
+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 8623 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND BRIDGES IN THE CITY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAVING, DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND LANDSCAPING AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
+
+Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than $8,000,000 general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the design, construction, repair, rehabilitation and improvement of streets, sidewalks and bridges in the city.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8623.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Paplauskas — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Quattrocchi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2026)
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/b1c0bf56-7af8-48c2-8230-d09889b0344e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+