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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 $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR"
+description: "Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment in the city."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8624"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8624 (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/9e7469e9-be33-4646-9061-d0064820a58d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "261b9ae07606eca6e44fe9beb5a6af71d40ad3f5d728f19702fe652e8d4ad643"
+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 8624 (2026) — 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 $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
+
+Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment in the city.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8624.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/9e7469e9-be33-4646-9061-d0064820a58d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+