---
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 the city of Cranston to issue not more than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, ?equipping and installation of renewable energy and energy ?conservation improvements.)"
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 the city of Cranston to issue not more than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, ?equipping and installation of renewable energy and energy ?conservation improvements.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2917"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2917 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Cranston"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "Lombardi", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-18"
last_action: "2020-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53e1f9c2-9710-4c96-8bce-5058a3c14791"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fb6d324d5801605dbd11cd76f7718e391f1bd51af7d9d1b6791798e3a321c4e9"
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 2917 (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 the city of Cranston to issue not more than Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, ?equipping and installation of renewable energy and energy ?conservation improvements.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2917** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2917.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-07** 07/07/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-07-10** 07/10/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/13/2020)
- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed 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/53e1f9c2-9710-4c96-8bce-5058a3c14791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).