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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 5696"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5696 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bonds", "Construction", "Education", "South Kingstown"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "McEntee", "Tanzi"]
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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: "2021-02-24"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54bfdfeb-c58c-42d6-a495-6c3106e356ce"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a8634a13a49811b9659381081f8ae49c618bb811f6ce700a73308ff375e7856c"
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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 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.)
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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. **5696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5696.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-28** 02/28/2021 Committee transferred to House Finance
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- **2021-03-08** 03/08/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/11/2021)
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- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-03-12** 03/12/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/18/2021)
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- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/23/2021)
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- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
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- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-03-23** 03/23/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/54bfdfeb-c58c-42d6-a495-6c3106e356ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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