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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, ATHLETIC FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND COSTS OF FINANCING AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $250,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND 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 Barrington to issue not more than $250,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, improvement, renovation, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public schools and school facilities in the town.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, ATHLETIC FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND COSTS OF FINANCING AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $250,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND 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 Barrington to issue not more than $250,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, improvement, renovation, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public schools and school facilities in the town.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6404"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6404 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barrington", "Bonds"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-12"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d9ad95-0b21-4697-89d5-95635973c4b0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1b79512f383a8ff25ede82f1337d81cd9b5a7c9b5e9c624ccd405814c9a82c41"
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 HB 6404 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, ALTERATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, ATHLETIC FIELDS, PLAYGROUNDS, LANDSCAPING, PARKING AND COSTS OF FINANCING AND TO ISSUE NOT MORE THAN $250,000,000 BONDS AND/OR NOTES THEREFOR, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 35 PERCENT AT THE TIME OF ISSUANCE AND 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 Barrington to issue not more than $250,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the construction, improvement, renovation, alteration, furnishing and equipping of public schools and school facilities in the town.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6404** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6404.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **721** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2023)
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-27** 05/27/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0d9ad95-0b21-4697-89d5-95635973c4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).