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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-993.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)"
+description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 993"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 993 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bonds", "Coventry"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "E Morgan", "LaMountain", "Raptakis", "Rogers"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecaa3e10-d252-464c-ac9c-8feb57b16d88"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "43abd963c60d0056a9fb5f611d4323d08f49d7ec541c1e2e4b8dae18e0df6091"
+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 993 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0993.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- E Morgan — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Rogers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed 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/ecaa3e10-d252-464c-ac9c-8feb57b16d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+