---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAW SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $160,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FUND THE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2019-2024 (Serves as the enabling act required by Rhode Island General Laws § 16-7-44 in order for the interest on bonds issued in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)"
description: "AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAW SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $160,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FUND THE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2019-2024 (Serves as the enabling act required by Rhode Island General Laws § 16-7-44 in order for the interest on bonds issued in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5160"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5160 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Education", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Diaz", "Hull", "Slater", "Walsh"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64499348-0330-419b-b028-809759af6314"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7e193bc7cbc1a12160c87293f853a8be932a31ec1ba6a3e7687fa08851b3a110"
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 5160 (2019) — AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAW SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $160,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO FUND THE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE FISCAL YEARS 2019-2024 (Serves as the enabling act required by Rhode Island General Laws § 16-7-44 in order for the interest on bonds issued in support of school housing projects to be eligible for state housing aid reimbursement.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5160.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** 01/23/2019 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2019)
- **2019-05-02** 05/02/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/09/2019)
- **2019-05-09** 05/09/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 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/64499348-0330-419b-b028-809759af6314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).