---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, EQUIPPING AND INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT REDUCE ENERGY COSTS AND/OR USE OF FOSSIL FUELS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES IN THE CITY AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING COSTS BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes Cranston to issue not more than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) bonds and notes for the acquisition, equipping and installation of renewable energy and energy conservation improvements in public buildings.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, EQUIPPING AND INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT REDUCE ENERGY COSTS AND/OR USE OF FOSSIL FUELS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES IN THE CITY AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING COSTS BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes Cranston to issue not more than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) bonds and notes for the acquisition, equipping and installation of renewable energy and energy conservation improvements in public buildings.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 8092"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8092 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Cranston"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Handy", "Lima", "Mattiello", "Millea"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-07-02"
last_action: "2020-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e11b0da-4812-486f-8539-8d6e02ece412"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "e1ffc26d638e86132c15a951e31d706013d0380fec7f4508f01a1b18e20656cf"
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 8092 (2020) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, EQUIPPING AND INSTALLATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT REDUCE ENERGY COSTS AND/OR USE OF FOSSIL FUELS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES IN THE CITY AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING COSTS BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes Cranston to issue not more than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) bonds and notes for the acquisition, equipping and installation of renewable energy and energy conservation improvements in public buildings.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8092 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8092A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Handy — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Mattiello — primary (person)
- Millea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-02** 07/02/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Proposed Substitute
- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-25** 07/25/2020 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/6e11b0da-4812-486f-8539-8d6e02ece412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).