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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $189,500,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the city of East Providence to issue not more than $189,500,000 bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, furnishing and equipping of a new high school.)"
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description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $189,500,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the city of East Providence to issue not more than $189,500,000 bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, furnishing and equipping of a new high school.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 8247"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 8247 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Bonds", "East Providence"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Hearn", "Kazarian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-05-25"
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last_action: "2018-07-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bf894fc-76ca-411f-b60e-c70597123c49"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "38f7fab1297dae9eeb452c9fa476697a5a03a3127b355f7d70f29d2b762dec6a"
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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 8247 (2018) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING AND PARKING BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $189,500,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 50% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID AND PROVIDED THAT THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE REDUCED BY ANY GRANT RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY CAPITAL FUND (Authorizes the city of East Providence to issue not more than $189,500,000 bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the acquisition, construction, furnishing and equipping of a new high school.)
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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. **8247** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8247.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Amore — primary (person)
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- Hearn — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Meeting postponed (05/31/2018)
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- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Committee transferred to House Finance
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- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
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- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
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- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2018)
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- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
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- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/5bf894fc-76ca-411f-b60e-c70597123c49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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