---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, DEMOLITION, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR THE TOWN HALL AT 80 BOSTON NECK ROAD AND AT MEMORIAL PARK (PLAT 90 LOT 23) AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $7,500,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue not more than seven million five hundred dollars ($7,500,000) in bonds and notes to finance improvements and/or related equipment for the town hall.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, DEMOLITION, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR THE TOWN HALL AT 80 BOSTON NECK ROAD AND AT MEMORIAL PARK (PLAT 90 LOT 23) AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $7,500,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue not more than seven million five hundred dollars ($7,500,000) in bonds and notes to finance improvements and/or related equipment for the town hall.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5946"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5946 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-03"
last_action: "2019-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb07a182-5213-428d-82bf-238c6071731f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4caffea69ca25d371eebad7d8f316d9e0fdce252ec9fde1ce75e4194a7be2649"
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 5946 (2019) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, DEMOLITION, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT FOR THE TOWN HALL AT 80 BOSTON NECK ROAD AND AT MEMORIAL PARK (PLAT 90 LOT 23) AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $7,500,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue not more than seven million five hundred dollars ($7,500,000) in bonds and notes to finance improvements and/or related equipment for the town hall.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5946.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-03** 04/03/2019 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2019)
- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2019)
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2019)
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-02** 07/02/2019 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/fb07a182-5213-428d-82bf-238c6071731f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).