republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/hb-5696.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $85,000,000 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 TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, 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 town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $85,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $85,000,000 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 TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, 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 town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $85,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	HB 5696	Rhode Island HB 5696 (2021)	bill	Bonds Construction Education South Kingstown	enacted	Fogarty McEntee Tanzi	1	12	1	2021-02-24	2021-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/54bfdfeb-c58c-42d6-a495-6c3106e356ce	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	a8634a13a49811b9659381081f8ae49c618bb811f6ce700a73308ff375e7856c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5696 (2021) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $85,000,000 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 TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS, 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 town of South Kingstown to issue not more than $85,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)

Version chain

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

1. 5696 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fogarty — primary (person)
• McEntee — primary (person)
• Tanzi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-24 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-28 02/28/2021 Committee transferred to House Finance
• 2021-03-08 03/08/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2021)
• 2021-03-11 03/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-03-12 03/12/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2021)
• 2021-03-18 03/18/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-19 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2021)
• 2021-03-23 03/23/2021 House read and passed passage
• 2021-03-23 03/23/2021 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
• 2021-03-23 03/23/2021 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2021-03-23 03/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-03-24 03/24/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54bfdfeb-c58c-42d6-a495-6c3106e356ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).