---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000 TO FINANCE EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND/OR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SCITUATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Town of Scituate to issue not more than $750,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements at the town of Scituate’s schools and constitutes an enabling act of the general assembly that is required pursuant to § 16-7-44.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000 TO FINANCE EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND/OR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SCITUATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Town of Scituate to issue not more than $750,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements at the town of Scituate’s schools and constitutes an enabling act of the general assembly that is required pursuant to § 16-7-44.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8170"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8170 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quattrocchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-04-27"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ceb98f-0539-4271-9114-c66f2b292b7f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f223bc3619f2ecb3ffc8006373a46ff25237fd6bbb4720eca8001a46a95f3aef"
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 8170 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $750,000 TO FINANCE EQUIPMENT, REPAIRS AND/OR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SCITUATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Town of Scituate to issue not more than $750,000 bonds and notes to finance various improvements at the town of Scituate’s schools and constitutes an enabling act of the general assembly that is required pursuant to § 16-7-44.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8170.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quattrocchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/10/2022)
- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2022)
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 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/a7ceb98f-0539-4271-9114-c66f2b292b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).