---
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 the town of North Kingstown to issue not more than $137,200,000 bonds and notes for capital improvements of school facilities throughout the town, including a new Wickford middle school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3097"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3097 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-29"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fc2aa8b-4029-4ec5-a414-cb962afabe0d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8e9a7b6267546d970399630b57959b41c261f64a13310ca107d7a2954c311324"
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 3097 (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 the town of North Kingstown to issue not more than $137,200,000 bonds and notes for capital improvements of school facilities throughout the town, including a new Wickford middle school.

## Version chain

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

1. **3097 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3097aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AS AMENDED — **74–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 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/1fc2aa8b-4029-4ec5-a414-cb962afabe0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).