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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $148,000,000 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 48.5% 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 bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $148,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)"
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description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $148,000,000 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 48.5% 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 bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $148,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 2959"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2959 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lawson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-05-19"
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last_action: "2022-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea8bf28-b8d3-4bac-818b-fd91bc57323c"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "0147fe7c92c753581e9730024a97a20558d9dcc1925b5c43b5161d3efd7d63e4"
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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 SB 2959 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF EAST PROVIDENCE TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE CITY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $148,000,000 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 48.5% 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 bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $148,000,000 to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair furnishing and equipping of schools and school facilities.)
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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. **2959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2959.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–0** (pass) · upper
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- SCHOOLS IN THE CITY — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2022)
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- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-12** 06/12/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
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- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-07-06** 07/06/2022 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/1ea8bf28-b8d3-4bac-818b-fd91bc57323c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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