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Bill AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $140,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND 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 Providence to issue not more than $140,000,000 bonds to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities throughout the city of Providence.) AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $140,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND 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 Providence to issue not more than $140,000,000 bonds to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities throughout the city of Providence.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2021 HB 5534 Rhode Island HB 5534 (2021)
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Rhode Island HB 5534 (2021) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $140,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 75% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND 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 Providence to issue not more than $140,000,000 bonds to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities throughout the city of Providence.)

Version chain

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

  1. 5534 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 731 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Batista — primary (person)
  • Diaz — primary (person)
  • Perez — primary (person)
  • Slater — primary (person)
  • Williams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-12 02/12/2021 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-02-19 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/24/2021)
  • 2021-02-24 02/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2021-03-08 03/08/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/11/2021)
  • 2021-03-11 03/11/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-12 03/12/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/16/2021)
  • 2021-03-16 03/16/2021 House read and passed passage
  • 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Referred to Senate Finance referral-committee
  • 2021-04-02 04/02/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2021)
  • 2021-04-05 04/05/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-07 04/07/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/13/2021)
  • 2021-04-13 04/13/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2021-04-13 04/13/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-19 04/19/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30e0b644-84f4-4456-bdcc-f02279ee04c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).