---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FUND THE PROVIDENCE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO FINANCE AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY"
description: "Authorizes the city of Providence to issue not more than $25,000,000 in general obligation bonds and notes to fund the providence housing trust fund to finance affordable multi-family housing projects in the city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2674"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2674 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Famiglietti", "Kallman", "Mack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7402e1d-ef40-49ab-bf37-10ea18bf8fc8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4e6c03efe71fbdca8ec50f23b99506bfe16c5b3423aba010f0c42622effdbd1b"
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 2674 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $25,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FUND THE PROVIDENCE HOUSING TRUST FUND TO FINANCE AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE CITY

Authorizes the city of Providence to issue not more than $25,000,000 in general obligation bonds and notes to fund the providence housing trust fund to finance affordable multi-family housing projects in the city.

## Version chain

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

1. **2674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2674.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Famiglietti — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/12/2026)
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 Committee heard
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2026)
- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/a7402e1d-ef40-49ab-bf37-10ea18bf8fc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).