republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-981.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF EAST GREENWICH TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND COSTS OF FINANCING AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $180,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of East Greenwich to issue not more than $180,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public .schools and school facilities in the town.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF EAST GREENWICH TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND COSTS OF FINANCING AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $180,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of East Greenwich to issue not more than $180,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public .schools and school facilities in the town.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 981	Rhode Island SB 981 (2023)	bill	Bonds East Greenwich	enacted	Valverde	1	9	2	2023-05-15	2023-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c1e8c06c-1217-43aa-aa0e-e18dae52a85c	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	7d0e1d830f8f558ad03da90bcef644700f66d17bc514c84424540277230af4b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 981 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF EAST GREENWICH TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND COSTS OF FINANCING AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $180,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR (Authorizes the town of East Greenwich to issue not more than $180,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public .schools and school facilities in the town.)

Version chain

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

1. 981 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 71–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-15 05/15/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-05-19 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2023)
• 2023-05-23 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-24 05/24/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2023) reading-3
• 2023-05-30 05/30/2023 Senate read and passed passage
• 2023-06-02 06/02/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1e8c06c-1217-43aa-aa0e-e18dae52a85c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).