---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTER/EMERGENCY SHELTER (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue bonds in the amount of twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000) to finance an indoor recreation center/emergency shelter upon voter approval.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTER/EMERGENCY SHELTER (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue bonds in the amount of twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000) to finance an indoor recreation center/emergency shelter upon voter approval.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6427"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6427 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "North Kingstown"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba091d89-505e-4792-8aa8-9e0d5e79db34"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b5f5abeb48cc5511db441c326f4d0eefa49675686d0b3f2a2bdb46aab8f28426"
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 6427 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTER/EMERGENCY SHELTER (Authorizes the town of North Kingstown to issue bonds in the amount of twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000) to finance an indoor recreation center/emergency shelter upon voter approval.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6427.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-04** 06/04/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/ba091d89-505e-4792-8aa8-9e0d5e79db34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).