---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $137,200,000 OF BONDS AND NOTES FOR CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, DEMOLITION, REMEDIATION, FURNISHING, EQUIPPING AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A NEW WICKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL"
description: "Authorizes town of North Kingstown to issue not more than $137,200,000 bonds and notes for construction, improvement, renovation, demolition, remediation, furnishing and equipping and other capital improvements of school facilities throughout the town."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 8299"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8299 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-05-22"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d6c004c-d23b-4932-a0b9-84b68c5e0952"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ff22099e7175a93bd130e27e4a31424799e1984ea42848c97a873e237baf837b"
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 8299 (2024) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $137,200,000 OF BONDS AND NOTES FOR CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, DEMOLITION, REMEDIATION, FURNISHING, EQUIPPING AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OF SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, A NEW WICKFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL

Authorizes town of North Kingstown to issue not more than $137,200,000 bonds and notes for construction, improvement, renovation, demolition, remediation, furnishing and equipping and other capital improvements of school facilities throughout the town.

## Version chain

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

1. **8299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H8299.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for hearing (05/29/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-01** 06/01/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/1d6c004c-d23b-4932-a0b9-84b68c5e0952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).