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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $400,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RELATED DEMOLITION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY"
description: "Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $400,000,000 general obligation bonds & notes to finance the construction, related demolition, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools throughout the city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2858"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2858 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Bissaillon", "Ciccone", "Kallman", "Mack", "Miller", "Quezada", "Ruggerio", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29f37e66-d303-463f-ad3c-b5a983c085f7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "734434d1880b74d33781913f805440f0da49f7b02e77b80046be2e7c20ce7006"
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 2858 (2024) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $400,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RELATED DEMOLITION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY
Authorizes Providence to issue not more than $400,000,000 general obligation bonds & notes to finance the construction, related demolition, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools throughout the city.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2858 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2858A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **720** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **370** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bell — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2024)
- **2024-04-04** 04/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- **2024-05-06** 05/06/2024 Meeting postponed (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-06** 05/06/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2024)
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee continued
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/29f37e66-d303-463f-ad3c-b5a983c085f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).