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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO FINANCE ACQUIRING AND PRESERVING OPEN SPACE AND ACQUIRING, PRESERVING, RESTORING AND IMPROVING RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE TOWN BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes Middletown to issue up to $5,000,000 in bonds/notes to acquire/preserve open space/restore improve recreational areas subject to voter appeal.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO FINANCE ACQUIRING AND PRESERVING OPEN SPACE AND ACQUIRING, PRESERVING, RESTORING AND IMPROVING RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE TOWN BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes Middletown to issue up to $5,000,000 in bonds/notes to acquire/preserve open space/restore improve recreational areas subject to voter appeal.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2863"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2863 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Middletown"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-10"
last_action: "2020-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aad8104c-0b78-4009-8be7-a83f03621a40"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "428319932428b44a92c5c824067ca901d5ee11a2af623810dfd7c1e7a0dc5a1f"
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 2863 (2020) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO FINANCE ACQUIRING AND PRESERVING OPEN SPACE AND ACQUIRING, PRESERVING, RESTORING AND IMPROVING RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE TOWN BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $5,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes Middletown to issue up to $5,000,000 in bonds/notes to acquire/preserve open space/restore improve recreational areas subject to voter appeal.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2863** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2863.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **710** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiPalma — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-10** 06/10/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-12** 06/12/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/16/2020)
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** 06/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-27** 06/27/2020 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aad8104c-0b78-4009-8be7-a83f03621a40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).