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Bill AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CHARIHO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SERVING THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN, RICHMOND AND HOPKINTON, CONSISTING OF ONE OR MORE BUILDINGS ON A SINGLE CAMPUS, AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SWITCH ROAD CAMPUS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, DESIGN, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS, PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING, PAVING, AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENTAL THERETO, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $116,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 61% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE, WHICH RATE OR RATIO MAY INCREASE TO 65% AT PROJECT COMPLETION Authorizes the Chariho Regional School District to finance the construction, furnishing and equipping of an elementary school and to issue not more than $116,000,000 bonds and/or notes. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 8527 Rhode Island HB 8527 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 8527 (2026) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CHARIHO REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SERVING THE TOWNS OF CHARLESTOWN, RICHMOND AND HOPKINTON, CONSISTING OF ONE OR MORE BUILDINGS ON A SINGLE CAMPUS, AND IMPROVEMENTS AT THE SWITCH ROAD CAMPUS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION, DESIGN, HEALTH AND SAFETY PROJECTS, PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING, PAVING, AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENTAL THERETO, BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $116,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 61% AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE, WHICH RATE OR RATIO MAY INCREASE TO 65% AT PROJECT COMPLETION

Authorizes the Chariho Regional School District to finance the construction, furnishing and equipping of an elementary school and to issue not more than $116,000,000 bonds and/or notes.

Version chain

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

  1. 8527 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 730 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Cotter — primary (person)
  • Kennedy — primary (person)
  • Spears — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-06 05/06/2026 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-05-15 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/19/2026)
  • 2026-05-19 05/19/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
  • 2026-05-26 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-29 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-02 06/02/2026 House read and passed passage
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-11 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-26 06/26/2026 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d501e724-6532-47a2-ba61-3fe564f9cc0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).