---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $160,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FUND THE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2019-2024"
description: "AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $160,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FUND THE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2019-2024"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 846"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 846 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-30"
last_action: "2019-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/919205b8-0e95-4a3f-944a-432a3e38fbca"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "13f4da6c29308c430d9349c7123e9aec4c456f65a85304700ad0507b929f8194"
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 846 (2019) — AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $160,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FUND THE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2019-2024

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0846.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-15** 06/15/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02** 07/02/2019 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/919205b8-0e95-4a3f-944a-432a3e38fbca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).