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Bill AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $71,410,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 35% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Westerly to issue general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness not to exceed $71,410,000 for school improvements.) AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $71,410,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 35% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Westerly to issue general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness not to exceed $71,410,000 for school improvements.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2019 SB 944 Rhode Island SB 944 (2019)
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Rhode Island SB 944 (2019) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $71,410,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 35% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Westerly to issue general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness not to exceed $71,410,000 for school improvements.)

Version chain

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

  1. 944 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 360 (pass) · upper
  • IN CONCURRENCE — 650 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Algiere — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-06-05 06/05/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
  • 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-13 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2019)
  • 2019-06-19 06/19/2019 Senate read and passed passage
  • 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
  • 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence passage
  • 2019-07-11 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-07-19 07/19/2019 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3feef839-6823-44b4-91f5-c25cda540e05. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).