republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-8273.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 8273	Rhode Island HB 8273 (2018)	bill	Buses Public Officers State Affairs	enacted	Ajello Hull Lombardi Ranglin-Vassell Walsh	1	12	1	2018-06-01	2018-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/4fe4bacd-2160-40a0-8c37-8ab6d679b3a6	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	5ee6e383a3b7c45b11be5d977c95a0b85a704909f17632289e04d6f438d46163	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8273 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Requires RIPTA to hold public hearing at least 30 days prior any bus route change in the affected neighborhood and provide a neighborhood impact statement to local and state officials.)

Version chain

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

1. 8273 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ajello — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• Lombardi — primary (person)
• Ranglin-Vassell — primary (person)
• Walsh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-06-01 06/01/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-06-04 06/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
• 2018-06-06 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Committee transferred to House Corporations
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 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 (06/22/2018)
• 2018-06-22 06/22/2018 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
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-07-02 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fe4bacd-2160-40a0-8c37-8ab6d679b3a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).