republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2020/hb-8039.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $147,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue $147,000,000 general obligation bonds for school facility improvements upon voter approval.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $147,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue $147,000,000 general obligation bonds for school facility improvements upon voter approval.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2020	HB 8039	Rhode Island HB 8039 (2020)	bill	Bonds Cranston	enacted	Handy Lima Mattiello Millea	1	9	1	2020-06-18	2020-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/08fd44c5-9ab1-471d-9995-813a3a61f5fe	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	2474f04ae6237d704ef9b453082c8452bb9f9773c2f02b18317a6da12434782e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 8039 (2020) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $147,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the city of Cranston to issue $147,000,000 general obligation bonds for school facility improvements upon voter approval.)

Version chain

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

1. 8039 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 66–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Handy — primary (person)
• Lima — primary (person)
• Mattiello — primary (person)
• Millea — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-06-18 06/18/2020 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-07-02 07/02/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/07/2020)
• 2020-07-07 07/07/2020 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-14 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 House read and passed passage
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/16/2020)
• 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2020-07-17 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-25 07/25/2020 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08fd44c5-9ab1-471d-9995-813a3a61f5fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).