---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,000,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO FINANCE A WATER PROJECT AT THE SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (In accordance with § 16-7-44 approving the issuance of $1,000,000 bonds by the town of Scituate to finance a water project at the Scituate high school/middle school.)"
description: "AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,000,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO FINANCE A WATER PROJECT AT THE SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (In accordance with § 16-7-44 approving the issuance of $1,000,000 bonds by the town of Scituate to finance a water project at the Scituate high school/middle school.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 995"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 995 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amendment", "Human Services", "Mental Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19f62c15-3efc-48f8-aa36-07187bbc0c00"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "02ad3ad5a78d5dcc88be1bc0ceeb5519850ba207e8bca2f0c77ec02bd2d9f7e4"
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 995 (2023) — AN ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH RHODE ISLAND GENERAL LAWS SECTION 16-7-44 APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,000,000 BONDS BY THE TOWN OF SCITUATE TO FINANCE A WATER PROJECT AT THE SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL/MIDDLE SCHOOL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE RHODE ISLAND INFRASTRUCTURE BANK (In accordance with § 16-7-44 approving the issuance of $1,000,000 bonds by the town of Scituate to finance a water project at the Scituate high school/middle school.)

## Version chain

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

1. **995** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0995.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–2** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rogers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-03** 06/03/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 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/19f62c15-3efc-48f8-aa36-07187bbc0c00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).