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Read. Follow. Verify.Rhode Island allows local governments to use infrastructure grant funds for insurability planning
Last action · February 26, 2026: Committee recommended measure be held for further studySponsors: Terri Cortvriend and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (Allows local government recipients of grant funds from the Rhode Island infrastructure bank's OSCAR fund and resilient Rhode Island infrastructure fund to use monies for insurability planning.)
Expands the permissible uses of state grant money for municipalities facing municipal insurance challenges or climate resilience planning needs, without altering the total amount of funding available.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
local government recipients
Local governments receiving infrastructure grants gain the flexibility to use those funds for insurability planning.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Feb 26, 2026Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Feb 19, 2026Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
- Feb 12, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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