---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8178"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8178 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "North Kingstown"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-09"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79fe31bf-7da7-4d89-8042-1ade3fd7b8ef"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "271031539b2ab4603c47c7869db2486d76252baa1385112cb1c25097f069c617"
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 8178 (2018) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATIONS, REMEDIATION, ALTERATIONS, ADDITIONS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELATED EQUIPMENT AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $27,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES THEREFOR, OF WHICH UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES AND UP TO $13,500,000 IS FOR OTHER TOWN PURPOSES

## Version chain

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

1. **8178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8178.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2018)
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Committee transferred to House Finance
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/79fe31bf-7da7-4d89-8042-1ade3fd7b8ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).