---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR"
description: "Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment in the city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8624"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8624 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Fascia", "Handy", "McNamara", "Paplauskas", "Potter", "Quattrocchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-06-05"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e7469e9-be33-4646-9061-d0064820a58d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "261b9ae07606eca6e44fe9beb5a6af71d40ad3f5d728f19702fe652e8d4ad643"
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 8624 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR

Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue not more than Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, improvement, renovation and repair of fire and public safety equipment in the city.

## Version chain

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

1. **8624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8624.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Paplauskas — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Quattrocchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2026)
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/9e7469e9-be33-4646-9061-d0064820a58d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).