---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, DEMOLITION, ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, ENGINEERING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF"
description: "I) TWO NEW HIGH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES TO REPLACE PILGRIM HIGH SCHOOL AND TOLLGATE HIGH SCHOOL AND ON-SITE ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND (II) RECREATION AND ATHLETIC FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY (Authorizes the city of Warwick to issue not more than $50,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance two new high schools and school facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6299"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6299 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hopkins", "McNamara", "Read", "Shanley", "Shekarchi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-02"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/844144a2-b997-440e-a71b-57c11bdcf5a3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "08530ede0b50636a00a8449c1f4f783907efb25e322f98b94f5c88baf3ad2024"
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 6299 (2025) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WARWICK TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, DEMOLITION, ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, ENGINEERING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF

I) TWO NEW HIGH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES TO REPLACE PILGRIM HIGH SCHOOL AND TOLLGATE HIGH SCHOOL AND ON-SITE ATHLETIC FIELDS, AND (II) RECREATION AND ATHLETIC FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY (Authorizes the city of Warwick to issue not more than $50,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance two new high schools and school facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **6299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6299.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/20/2025)
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/27/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/844144a2-b997-440e-a71b-57c11bdcf5a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).