Fabio
68 lines
5.1 KiB
Markdown
68 lines
5.1 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
type: "Bill"
|
||
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $235,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF NEW ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL 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 the town of Middletown to issue not more than $235,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of new elementary, middle and high schools.)"
|
||
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $235,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF NEW ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL 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 the town of Middletown to issue not more than $235,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of new elementary, middle and high schools.)"
|
||
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
|
||
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
|
||
session: "2022"
|
||
identifier: "SB 2960"
|
||
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2960 (2022)"
|
||
classification: ["bill"]
|
||
subjects: []
|
||
status: "enacted"
|
||
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
|
||
version_count: 1
|
||
action_count: 12
|
||
vote_count: 2
|
||
first_action: "2022-05-19"
|
||
last_action: "2022-07-06"
|
||
source: "openstates"
|
||
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7beabd72-68f2-450c-afaf-344a2354435d"
|
||
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
|
||
source_hash: "686e6329f7e4f6b03904ded5c0319dafafcb95994f925b43a3597abea3332363"
|
||
vintage: "2026-07-01"
|
||
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
|
||
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
|
||
confidence: "reported"
|
||
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
# Rhode Island SB 2960 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $235,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, IMPROVEMENT, ALTERATION, REPAIR, LANDSCAPING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF NEW ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEMOLITION, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL 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 the town of Middletown to issue not more than $235,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing and equipping of new elementary, middle and high schools.)
|
||
|
||
## Version chain
|
||
|
||
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
|
||
|
||
1. **2960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2960.pdf)
|
||
|
||
## Votes
|
||
|
||
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
- OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES — **36–0** (pass) · upper
|
||
|
||
## Sponsors
|
||
|
||
- DiPalma — primary (person)
|
||
|
||
## Timeline
|
||
|
||
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
|
||
|
||
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
|
||
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2022)
|
||
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
|
||
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
|
||
- **2022-06-18** 06/18/2022 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
|
||
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
|
||
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
|
||
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
|
||
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
|
||
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
|
||
- **2022-07-06** 07/06/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
|
||
|
||
## Source
|
||
|
||
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7beabd72-68f2-450c-afaf-344a2354435d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
|
||
|