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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES"
+description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8178"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8178 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bonds", "North Kingstown"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-05-09"
+last_action: "2018-07-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79fe31bf-7da7-4d89-8042-1ade3fd7b8ef"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "271031539b2ab4603c47c7869db2486d76252baa1385112cb1c25097f069c617"
+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 8178 (2018) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8178.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2018)
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Committee transferred to House Finance
+- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
+- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/79fe31bf-7da7-4d89-8042-1ade3fd7b8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+