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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 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 EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY"
+description: "Authorizes Cranston to issue no more $25,000,000 obligation bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness to finance the purchase and/or acquisition of land/buildings, construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing, equipping"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8625"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8625 (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/c1486675-5048-45f1-9c47-ee928346b89e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2d700a5a4717fbb7a946da2058ad6ef2f189370b36e5a64fb3c5b59dfc0d648f"
+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 8625 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 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 EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY
+
+Authorizes Cranston to issue no more $25,000,000 obligation bonds, notes, evidences of indebtedness to finance the purchase and/or acquisition of land/buildings, construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing, equipping
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8625** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8625.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (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 Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for 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/c1486675-5048-45f1-9c47-ee928346b89e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+