---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE IMPROVEMENT, REPLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND/OR RESTORATION OF ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, STORM DRAINS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $20,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue up to $20,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other indebtedness to finance the improvement, replacement, construction, and repair of roadways, sidewalks, drains, and buildings.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE IMPROVEMENT, REPLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND/OR RESTORATION OF ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, STORM DRAINS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $20,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue up to $20,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other indebtedness to finance the improvement, replacement, construction, and repair of roadways, sidewalks, drains, and buildings.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8233"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8233 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-05-11"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb9b446-f942-40f2-993b-b37dc449a521"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0b3d7170b73489f81a95b365345e3ce5ec709200ca78fd28a8fabaf8d3449bb4"
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 8233 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE IMPROVEMENT, REPLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND/OR RESTORATION OF ROADWAYS, SIDEWALKS, STORM DRAINS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $20,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue up to $20,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other indebtedness to finance the improvement, replacement, construction, and repair of roadways, sidewalks, drains, and buildings.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8233.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntee — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2022)
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/1fb9b446-f942-40f2-993b-b37dc449a521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).