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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND EQUIPPING OF BRIDGES AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2028 AND 2029"
description: "Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $2,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes to finance the construction, reconstruction, repair and equipping of bridges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8591"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8591 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Cruz", "Messier", "Stewart"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-05-27"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c3e4b5-7618-455e-8326-6deceabb271c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "76a35ff85eb450bda3a8d3a39f276973e0657bf75f31e91d94b0841351c71357"
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 8591 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PAWTUCKET TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND EQUIPPING OF BRIDGES AND ALL COSTS INCIDENTAL OR RELATED THERETO AND AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING THEREOF, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, TO FUND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE TWO FISCAL YEARS 2028 AND 2029
Authorizes the city of Pawtucket to issue not more than $2,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes to finance the construction, reconstruction, repair and equipping of bridges.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8591.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **680** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/23c3e4b5-7618-455e-8326-6deceabb271c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).