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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 847"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 847 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-30"
last_action: "2019-05-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/284a10eb-0391-4e00-8c5b-46b5d3938ba7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "543a29f98b4f81c4e3962027116489467b8a6e3b8b41c8d1477ee19d0e314f89"
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 847 (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. **847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0847.pdf)
## Votes
- ITEM 2 19-S 847 — **616** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Goodwin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/16/2019)
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 05/16/2019 House 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/284a10eb-0391-4e00-8c5b-46b5d3938ba7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).