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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7499"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7499 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Diaz", "Hull", "McEntee", "Morales", "O'Brien", "Slater", "Tobon", "Vella-Wilkinson", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d41cebaa-379a-4a83-b0a6-377459228610"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6eba7179f7e643902d57d055fd2d73a74ca39e17fa781c0e8bb3abcdcddabe1b"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7499B.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **959** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **1057** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE — **579** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **538** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d41cebaa-379a-4a83-b0a6-377459228610`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).