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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,900,000 TO FINANCE REPLACEMENTS, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AT THE JAMESTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Authorizes the town of Jamestown to issue not more than $5,900,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements and related equipment at the town of Jamestown's schools.)"
+description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,900,000 TO FINANCE REPLACEMENTS, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AT THE JAMESTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Authorizes the town of Jamestown to issue not more than $5,900,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements and related equipment at the town of Jamestown's schools.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 8202"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8202 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bonds", "Jamestown"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ruggiero"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-05-16"
+last_action: "2018-07-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a82aea23-72d6-49da-b4ae-627c34301e14"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "a5064e8dad6f7a10edb5d2478781bef34b035f4aac5a2fb299c11fd3b94a6114"
+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 8202 (2018) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,900,000 TO FINANCE REPLACEMENTS, RENOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AT THE JAMESTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Authorizes the town of Jamestown to issue not more than $5,900,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements and related equipment at the town of Jamestown's schools.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8202.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2018)
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2018)
+- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-10** 07/10/2018 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/a82aea23-72d6-49da-b4ae-627c34301e14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+