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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID (Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.)"
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description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID (Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.)"
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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 2961"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2961 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Euer"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2022-05-19"
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last_action: "2022-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee03fc1-2bb0-4045-907c-b1c1dba66443"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "7cb09b6c3bfb2f9deb88b2082013943fe097bd919f4c092c1bc0da7da3356d14"
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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 2961 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDING FOR STATE AID FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS AT SCHOOL HOUSING REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH, INCLUDING INCENTIVES, MAY EXCEED 80% OF DEBT SERVICE FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR STATE AID (Authorizes the city of Newport and the town of Middletown to establish a regional school district.)
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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. **2961 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2961A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- DISTRICT — **31–4** (pass) · upper
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- PASSAGE — **69–1** (pass) · upper
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- FOR SCHOOL HOUSING COSTS — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Euer — 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 (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2022-06-18** 06/18/2022 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
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- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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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/dee03fc1-2bb0-4045-907c-b1c1dba66443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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