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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $41,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN"
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description: "Authorizes the Town of Portsmouth to issue bonds and notes in amount not exceeding $41,000,000 to finance construction, additions, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities throughout the town."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 8488"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8488 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "Donovan", "McGaw"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-04-29"
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last_action: "2026-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8c19077-6688-41c0-a1ff-67da467fd5d6"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "22f30c96a317e5ad0a93cfc402b2f6039ff729474210ad1294f50cdc43b5aaf9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island HB 8488 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $41,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, ADDITIONS, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN
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Authorizes the Town of Portsmouth to issue bonds and notes in amount not exceeding $41,000,000 to finance construction, additions, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities throughout the town.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **8488** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8488.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-04-29** 04/29/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2026)
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- **2026-05-19** 05/19/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
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- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8c19077-6688-41c0-a1ff-67da467fd5d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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