---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM (Creates a municipal infrastructure grant program within the DOA relating to municipal and other public infrastructure projects.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM (Creates a municipal infrastructure grant program within the DOA relating to municipal and other public infrastructure projects.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2239"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2239 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer", "Pearson", "Satchell", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8870e4bc-1fb0-49d0-9af2-ab8a58c78794"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8c4cee9e61c31abf22a29662e84442d39423e5a870cfe02d955f97f375e5b6d0"
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 2239 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM (Creates a municipal infrastructure grant program within the DOA relating to municipal and other public infrastructure projects.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2239 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2239A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2018)
- **2018-02-14** 02/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/05/2018)
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A 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/8870e4bc-1fb0-49d0-9af2-ab8a58c78794`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).