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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND/OR 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"
description: "Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2246"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2246 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "Miller"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-26"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2453514-a030-46e8-b37c-305fbe265eec"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "80597fb70e9787d34a0f1d76a9080ea669f716f47b067e277eadd3c46c2e7a66"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 2246 (2024) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $40,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE AND/OR ACQUISITION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND/OR 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
Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2246.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **380** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **710** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/30/2024)
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** 01/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/01/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** 02/01/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/02/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2453514-a030-46e8-b37c-305fbe265eec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).