republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-994.md

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Bill	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND OTHER SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND OTHER PROJECT-RELATED CONSULTING COSTS, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes South Kingstown to issue up to $125,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, furnishing and equipping of a new high school, athletic facility, and other school facilities in the town.)	AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND OTHER SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND OTHER PROJECT-RELATED CONSULTING COSTS, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes South Kingstown to issue up to $125,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, furnishing and equipping of a new high school, athletic facility, and other school facilities in the town.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 994	Rhode Island SB 994 (2023)	bill	Bonds South Kingstown	enacted	Gu Sosnowski Valverde	1	9	2	2023-05-15	2023-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c16f69a1-5b7d-4412-a3b3-0d582bd5377b	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	8b59cb6542686bf18dc56d9191b2ffac94c8b44fe7af88ba886ab947853c5fc5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 994 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND OTHER SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL AND OTHER PROJECT-RELATED CONSULTING COSTS, PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF CERTAIN GRANTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BOND PROCEEDS, FROM THE RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY (Authorizes South Kingstown to issue up to $125,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, furnishing and equipping of a new high school, athletic facility, and other school facilities in the town.)

Version chain

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

1. 994 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Gu — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)
• 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/c16f69a1-5b7d-4412-a3b3-0d582bd5377b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).