republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-6296.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	HB 6296	Rhode Island HB 6296 (2023)	bill	Bonds Coventry	enacted	Noret Serpa	1	12	1	2023-04-19	2023-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/4898d03c-3300-492d-97e7-1907b095a3ea	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	e9a96996fc818a789c7e14d1c6ec502ae06a6895ad0b366d046083e6d93874ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 6296 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF COVENTRY TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT, FURNISHING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE SCHOOL HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 49.2 % FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes Coventry to vote to approve a bond referendum for up to $25,000,000.)

Version chain

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

1. 6296 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Noret — primary (person)
• Serpa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-19 04/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-04-28 04/28/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2023)
• 2023-05-02 05/02/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-05-23 05/23/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
• 2023-05-23 05/23/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2023-05-25 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-26 05/26/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2023) reading-3
• 2023-05-30 05/30/2023 House passed Sub A passage
• 2023-05-30 05/30/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-01 06/01/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-01 06/01/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-07 06/07/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4898d03c-3300-492d-97e7-1907b095a3ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).