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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $106,500,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE ALL COSTS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF: (I) AN ADDITION TO THE CLAIBORNE PELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLASSROOMS AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT SPACE, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND PARKING AND (II) A NEW SCHOOL FACILITY FOR THE WILLIAM S. ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the city of Newport to issue not more than $106,500,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance all costs relating to school improvements.)"
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description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $106,500,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE ALL COSTS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF: (I) AN ADDITION TO THE CLAIBORNE PELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLASSROOMS AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT SPACE, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND PARKING AND (II) A NEW SCHOOL FACILITY FOR THE WILLIAM S. ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the city of Newport to issue not more than $106,500,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance all costs relating to school improvements.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 2853"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2853 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bonds", "Newport"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-05-26"
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last_action: "2020-07-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef4ffbad-8e85-49ae-a9cb-4b18ddb76800"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "738ac6439e3a1d8dfbd8381dc22a6ac70be30b23453523b76fcc2f271d3804d2"
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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 2853 (2020) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $106,500,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE ALL COSTS RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF: (I) AN ADDITION TO THE CLAIBORNE PELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLASSROOMS AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT SPACE, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, AND PARKING AND (II) A NEW SCHOOL FACILITY FOR THE WILLIAM S. ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes the city of Newport to issue not more than $106,500,000 general obligation bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance all costs relating to 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. **2853** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2853.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-05-26** 05/26/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-05-29** 05/29/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2020)
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- **2020-06-02** 06/02/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/17/2020)
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- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/07/2020)
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- **2020-07-07** 07/07/2020 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-07-14** 07/14/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-25** 07/25/2020 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/ef4ffbad-8e85-49ae-a9cb-4b18ddb76800`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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