republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5174.md

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Bill	AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SEC. 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000 LEASE REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS AT THE CITY'S SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUILDING ENVELOPE REPAIR, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE CODE COMPLIANCE AND PEST CONTROL, INCLUDING DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY, ENGINEERING OR OTHER STUDIES (Serves as the enabling act for the Providence Public Buildings Authority school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)	AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SEC. 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000 LEASE REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS AT THE CITY'S SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUILDING ENVELOPE REPAIR, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE CODE COMPLIANCE AND PEST CONTROL, INCLUDING DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY, ENGINEERING OR OTHER STUDIES (Serves as the enabling act for the Providence Public Buildings Authority school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5174	Rhode Island HB 5174 (2019)	bill	Bonds	enacted	Blazejewski Diaz Hull Slater Walsh	1	15	1	2019-01-23	2019-05-17	openstates	ocd-bill/6f1fd4d8-84b9-46f8-82ec-5d2b82fe8452	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	9a87dfe17dc2934ad61ffb4025e62c36e88b6a91a2de3b2db3d152ea55634da7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5174 (2019) — AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SEC. 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $20,000,000 LEASE REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS BY THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AUTHORITY TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, REHABILITATION, REPLACEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS AT THE CITY'S SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BUILDING ENVELOPE REPAIR, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING IMPROVEMENTS, FIRE CODE COMPLIANCE AND PEST CONTROL, INCLUDING DESIGN AND FEASIBILITY, ENGINEERING OR OTHER STUDIES (Serves as the enabling act for the Providence Public Buildings Authority school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)

Version chain

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

1. 5174 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 60–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blazejewski — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)
• Walsh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 01/23/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 01/24/2019 Committee transferred to House Finance
• 2019-04-25 04/25/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
• 2019-04-30 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-05-03 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2019)
• 2019-05-07 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-07 05/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2019)
• 2019-05-09 05/09/2019 House read and passed passage
• 2019-05-09 05/09/2019 Referred to Senate Finance referral-committee
• 2019-05-10 05/10/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2019)
• 2019-05-14 05/14/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-05-14 05/14/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/16/2019)
• 2019-05-16 05/16/2019 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2019-05-16 05/16/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-17 05/17/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f1fd4d8-84b9-46f8-82ec-5d2b82fe8452. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).