republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-8154.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $4,500,000 IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE ACQUISTION, CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW FIRE STATION IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the town of Smithfield to issue not more than $4,500,000 bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, building, furnishing and equipping of a new fire station in the town.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $4,500,000 IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE ACQUISTION, CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW FIRE STATION IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the town of Smithfield to issue not more than $4,500,000 bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, building, furnishing and equipping of a new fire station in the town.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 8154	Rhode Island HB 8154 (2018)	bill	Bonds Smithfield	enacted	Costantino Winfield	1	11	1	2018-05-03	2018-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/d8cd3cff-378d-44be-8e49-4e8fc270ec70	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	dec886ee5c11d6f1cbcc38b94229153418c9e21f778128d60f6ae26f74f2e3ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8154 (2018) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $4,500,000 IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE ACQUISTION, CONSTRUCTION, BUILDING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW FIRE STATION IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the town of Smithfield to issue not more than $4,500,000 bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, building, furnishing and equipping of a new fire station in the town.)

Version chain

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

1. 8154 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Costantino — primary (person)
• Winfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-05-03 05/03/2018 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-05-22 05/22/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2018)
• 2018-05-24 05/24/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-18 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-20 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
• 2018-06-21 06/21/2018 House read and passed passage
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2018)
• 2018-06-23 06/23/2018 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2018-06-27 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-05 07/05/2018 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8cd3cff-378d-44be-8e49-4e8fc270ec70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).