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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 944"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 944 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bonds", "Education"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 10
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-06-05"
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last_action: "2019-07-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3feef839-6823-44b4-91f5-c25cda540e05"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "3cd886f4050d911554054be49859993c46f674e0722bcb89a8511c384c6d178c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0944.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Algiere — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2019)
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/19/2019)
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- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
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- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3feef839-6823-44b4-91f5-c25cda540e05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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