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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 993"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 993 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Coventry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "E Morgan", "LaMountain", "Raptakis", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecaa3e10-d252-464c-ac9c-8feb57b16d88"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "43abd963c60d0056a9fb5f611d4323d08f49d7ec541c1e2e4b8dae18e0df6091"
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 993 (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. **993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0993.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **350** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **620** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Burke — primary (person)
- E Morgan — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Rogers — 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`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 House passed 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ecaa3e10-d252-464c-ac9c-8feb57b16d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).