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type: "Bill"
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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"
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description: "Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7278"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7278 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Cardillo", "Fenton-Fung", "Handy", "Lima", "McNamara", "Potter"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f82f13b1-1a17-49dc-9cde-d39007d93529"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "06f6bc6906db3fa75c938d4b9970a91566e34761ab4768dec2d38fa36f9a0dd3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 7278 (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
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Authorizes the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $40,000,000 general obligation bonds.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **7278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7278.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Baginski — primary (person)
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Cardillo — primary (person)
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- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Lima — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-24** 01/24/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-05** 02/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing (02/08/2024)
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- **2024-02-08** 02/08/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/05/2024)
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- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/19/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-19** 03/19/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/02/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f82f13b1-1a17-49dc-9cde-d39007d93529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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