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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the Town of Westerly to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $2,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities in the town.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the Town of Westerly to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $2,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities in the town.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 53 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Education", "Finance", "Westerly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Algiere"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/734ddd6a-fda4-4283-94c6-ef440654c72b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "57792f76222ec576d96d48fbd40ef89f05984a783f8f4cb7eea5b72a4e9c0277"
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 53 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF WESTERLY TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $2,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN (Authorizes the Town of Westerly to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $2,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities in the town.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **53** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0053.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **750** (pass) · upper
- OBLIGATION BONDS TO SCHOOLS — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Algiere — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2021)
- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-04** 02/04/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/10/2021)
- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** 03/01/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2021)
- **2021-03-04** 03/04/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** 03/05/2021 Placed on House Calendar (03/09/2021)
- **2021-03-09** 03/09/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** 03/22/2021 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/734ddd6a-fda4-4283-94c6-ef440654c72b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).