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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $190,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS (Authorizes the town of Middletown to issue not more than $190,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance school construction and renovation.)"
+description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $190,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS (Authorizes the town of Middletown to issue not more than $190,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance school construction and renovation.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 206"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 206 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bonds", "Construction", "Education", "Finance", "Middletown"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-16"
+last_action: "2023-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a15e491e-9330-4dc4-8c9a-56cb887f6579"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "9caacfc6c3c7232e66476f7e4d26117681186aa19e1c6b2f3719be602b17be3e"
+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 SB 206 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $190,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THE RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND LANDSCAPING COSTS (Authorizes the town of Middletown to issue not more than $190,000,000 in bonds and notes to finance school construction and renovation.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **206 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0206A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2023)
+- **2023-02-28** 02/28/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/28/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2023)
+- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a15e491e-9330-4dc4-8c9a-56cb887f6579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+