republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2020.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $215,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Johnston to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $215,000,000 to finance construction, additions, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $215,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Johnston to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $215,000,000 to finance construction, additions, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	SB 2020	Rhode Island SB 2020 (2022)	bill		enacted	Lombardo	1	8	2	2022-01-13	2022-02-07	openstates	ocd-bill/33a644e1-381e-4317-bb4a-789c6e337410	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	9c1e53153ed8db43852291851d16e04340b69fa668ef262c1ac471da72760a51	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2020 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $215,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the town of Johnston to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $215,000,000 to finance construction, additions, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, 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. 2020 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lombardo — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-13 01/13/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-01-14 01/14/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/18/2022)
• 2022-01-18 01/18/2022 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-01-25 01/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/01/2022) reading-3
• 2022-02-01 02/01/2022 Senate read and passed passage
• 2022-02-01 02/01/2022 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2022-02-01 02/01/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-02-07 02/07/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33a644e1-381e-4317-bb4a-789c6e337410. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).