---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8273"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8273 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buses", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Ranglin-Vassell", "Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-06-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe4bacd-2160-40a0-8c37-8ab6d679b3a6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5ee6e383a3b7c45b11be5d977c95a0b85a704909f17632289e04d6f438d46163"
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 8273 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8273.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
- Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fe4bacd-2160-40a0-8c37-8ab6d679b3a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).