---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND SEWER FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN"
description: "Authorizes the Town of Johnston to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $40,000,000 to finance construction and other improvements throughout the town."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7754"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7754 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardillo", "Costantino", "Fellela", "Perez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-28"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3cd3cf-c841-4261-ae6f-32de759e08c9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "588bbe3a1e20b9f227c6d0ee910f696316d2db147e85488f9caba04052c64b39"
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 7754 (2024) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND SEWER FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN

Authorizes the Town of Johnston to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $40,000,000 to finance construction and other improvements throughout the town.

## Version chain

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

1. **7754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7754.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-28** 02/28/2024 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-25** 05/25/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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/2b3cd3cf-c841-4261-ae6f-32de759e08c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).