---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR"
description: "Proposes a bond measure to authorize the Town of Jamestown to issue up to three million dollars ($3,000,000) in general obligation bonds, subject to voter approval, to support affordable housing projects in Jamestown."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3186"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3186 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-04-03"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaf8d253-18a5-47bb-a33f-228d12841b50"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "36e6e7f19f9868bf7694c575d9d6f1b367005a8f14f87ddc5ea7d531c20a2a35"
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 3186 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR

Proposes a bond measure to authorize the Town of Jamestown to issue up to three million dollars ($3,000,000) in general obligation bonds, subject to voter approval, to support affordable housing projects in Jamestown.

## Version chain

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

1. **3186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3186.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-27** 04/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/eaf8d253-18a5-47bb-a33f-228d12841b50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).