---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO FINANCE LIBRARY RENOVATIONS, REPAIRS AND/OR EXPANSION AND RELATED EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the Town of Jamestown to issue not more than $1,000,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements at the town of Jamestown's library and related equipment.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO FINANCE LIBRARY RENOVATIONS, REPAIRS AND/OR EXPANSION AND RELATED EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the Town of Jamestown to issue not more than $1,000,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements at the town of Jamestown's library and related equipment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8201"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8201 (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/15a7ed29-06dc-4f61-a9ee-297453b557fe"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6f01e2f0c41a2e4198fc91f0bdea3dd42ac7eeb6d5027f3b85e4d8fb178a024f"
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 8201 (2018) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JAMESTOWN TO FINANCE LIBRARY RENOVATIONS, REPAIRS AND/OR EXPANSION AND RELATED EQUIPMENT BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the Town of Jamestown to issue not more than $1,000,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements at the town of Jamestown's library and related equipment.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **8201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8201.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–0** (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
- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 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/15a7ed29-06dc-4f61-a9ee-297453b557fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).