---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE EQUIPPING, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF FIRE STATIONS 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 up to $3,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance the equipping, expansion, improvement and renovation of fire stations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8507"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8507 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McEntee", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-01"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c900811b-b987-4bc0-9802-fe8a4dbabcb5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1bb615ba6c20a4891dba4bad859291c09a2650ce5108d04276a0d2f38a656567"
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 8507 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT TO FINANCE THE EQUIPPING, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF FIRE STATIONS 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 up to $3,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance the equipping, expansion, improvement and renovation of fire stations.

## Version chain

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

1. **8507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8507.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2026)
- **2026-05-07** 05/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2026)
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/c900811b-b987-4bc0-9802-fe8a4dbabcb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).