republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7499.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE BY THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $515,000,000 (Authorizes the city of Providence to finance a contribution towards the unfunded pension liability of the employee retirement system of the city of Providence by the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $515,000,000 therefor.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE BY THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $515,000,000 (Authorizes the city of Providence to finance a contribution towards the unfunded pension liability of the employee retirement system of the city of Providence by the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $515,000,000 therefor.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	HB 7499	Rhode Island HB 7499 (2022)	bill		enacted	Amore Diaz Hull McEntee Morales O'Brien Slater Tobon Vella-Wilkinson Williams	1	18	4	2022-02-16	2022-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d41cebaa-379a-4a83-b0a6-377459228610	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	6eba7179f7e643902d57d055fd2d73a74ca39e17fa781c0e8bb3abcdcddabe1b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7499 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE BY THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $515,000,000 (Authorizes the city of Providence to finance a contribution towards the unfunded pension liability of the employee retirement system of the city of Providence by the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $515,000,000 therefor.)

Version chain

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

1. 7499 SUB B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 9–59 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 10–57 (fail) · lower
• PASSAGE — 57–9 (pass) · lower
• IN CONCURRENCE — 53–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amore — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Morales — primary (person)
• O'Brien — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)
• Tobon — primary (person)
• Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16 02/16/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-11 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/15/2022)
• 2022-03-15 03/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2022-05-24 05/24/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2022)
• 2022-05-25 05/25/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2022-05-26 05/26/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-27 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-01 06/01/2022 House passed Sub A passage
• 2022-06-07 06/07/2022 Referred to Senate Finance referral-committee
• 2022-06-07 06/07/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
• 2022-06-08 06/08/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2022-06-09 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub B committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-09 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-14 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub B passage
• 2022-06-16 06/16/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-17 06/17/2022 House passed Sub B in concurrence passage
• 2022-06-17 06/17/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-22 06/22/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d41cebaa-379a-4a83-b0a6-377459228610. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).