---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR"
description: "Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue not more than $3,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes to finance affordable housing in the Town of Narragansett, including but not limited for appropriations to the town’s affordable housing trust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8263"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8263 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-10"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f88616d-6368-4b97-a6c7-fab3c9f33ea9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "210d2bbcb586e8f4b5f062da782696b19db4f4cf9ee37da741b2371af2c92700"
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 8263 (2024) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $3,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR

Authorizes the town of Narragansett to issue not more than $3,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes to finance affordable housing in the Town of Narragansett, including but not limited for appropriations to the town’s affordable housing trust.

## Version chain

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

1. **8263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8263.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McEntee — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-01** 06/01/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/0f88616d-6368-4b97-a6c7-fab3c9f33ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).