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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR"
description: "Authorizes Cranston to issue not more than $2,000,000 general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, demolition, construction, improvement, renovation, repair, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public buildings in the city."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 8621"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8621 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Fascia", "Handy", "McNamara", "Paplauskas", "Potter", "Quattrocchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-06-05"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33256c5a-53d2-4ffa-b401-d271da7220a4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dd68542ef82215b1b5b61fb4849196ef55fc8d862cdae635eef8c58e39e9627d"
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 8621 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CRANSTON TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REPAIR, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR
Authorizes Cranston to issue not more than $2,000,000 general obligation bonds and temporary notes for the acquisition, demolition, construction, improvement, renovation, repair, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public buildings in the city.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **8621** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8621.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **710** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Paplauskas — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Quattrocchi — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/10/2026)
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33256c5a-53d2-4ffa-b401-d271da7220a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).