republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2961.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID (Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID (Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	SB 2961	Rhode Island SB 2961 (2022)	bill		enacted	DiPalma Euer	1	15	3	2022-05-19	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/dee03fc1-2bb0-4045-907c-b1c1dba66443	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	7cb09b6c3bfb2f9deb88b2082013943fe097bd919f4c092c1bc0da7da3356d14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2961 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID (Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.)

Version chain

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

1. 2961 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• DISTRICT — 31–4 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 69–1 (pass) · upper
• FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS — 36–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-05-19 05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-05-20 05/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2022)
• 2022-05-24 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-25 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-07 06/07/2022 Senate read and passed passage
• 2022-06-18 06/18/2022 Referred to House Finance referral-committee
• 2022-06-19 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
• 2022-06-20 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2022-06-21 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-21 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-22 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A passage
• 2022-06-22 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-23 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-30 06/30/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dee03fc1-2bb0-4045-907c-b1c1dba66443. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).