---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF LINCOLN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $14,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TOWN-WIDE CENTRALIZED RESCUE STATION AND THE FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING THEREOF AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO (Authorizes the town of Lincoln to issue bonds and notes up to $14 million dollars to finance the development and construction of a new town-wide centralized rescue station and the furnishing and equipping thereof and all costs related thereto.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF LINCOLN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $14,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TOWN-WIDE CENTRALIZED RESCUE STATION AND THE FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING THEREOF AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO (Authorizes the town of Lincoln to issue bonds and notes up to $14 million dollars to finance the development and construction of a new town-wide centralized rescue station and the furnishing and equipping thereof and all costs related thereto.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1070"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1070 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Lincoln"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paolino", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-25"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b713ec-1af3-4a14-ac79-5b445fa43a88"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "786a1028b5b8762ad9f9538ece0acdad94fefeca0357598403012d1844b7c143"
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 1070 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF LINCOLN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $14,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TOWN-WIDE CENTRALIZED RESCUE STATION AND THE FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING THEREOF AND ALL COSTS RELATED THERETO (Authorizes the town of Lincoln to issue bonds and notes up to $14 million dollars to finance the development and construction of a new town-wide centralized rescue station and the furnishing and equipping thereof and all costs related thereto.)

## Version chain

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

1. **1070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1070.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paolino — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `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 recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House 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/77b713ec-1af3-4a14-ac79-5b445fa43a88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).