Rhode Island Environment and Watershed Protection and Development Bond Measure
Source: electionresults.ri.gov
What does this measure do?
Supports: Environment and Public Health, Public Infrastructure
Rhode Island would borrow up to $55 million for the environment and recreation: $25 million for climate-resilient local infrastructure, $12 million for facilities and parks, $7 million for Narragansett Bay, and $11 million for open space and farmland. State taxpayers would repay the bonds over time.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Rhode Island General Assembly (2026 state budget act, Public Law 26-084)
State lawmakers put this borrowing question in the 2026 state budget law (Public Law 26-084). Rhode Island voters must approve before the state borrows money paid back from taxes.
Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov
A YES vote means
The state could borrow up to $55 million for the listed projects, repaid by state taxpayers.
A NO vote means
The state could not borrow this $55 million, and the projects would not get this money.
No financial records found for this ballot measure.
Source: governor.ri.gov
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