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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BRISTOL WARREN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT, FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING, AND PARKING AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND OTHER PROJECT-RELATED CONSULTING COSTS (Authorizes the district to issue not more than $200,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, furnishing and equipping of a new high school, athletic facility, and other school facilities.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BRISTOL WARREN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT, FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING, AND PARKING AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND OTHER PROJECT-RELATED CONSULTING COSTS (Authorizes the district to issue not more than $200,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, furnishing and equipping of a new high school, athletic facility, and other school facilities.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6455"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6455 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Bristol", "Warren"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donovan", "Knight", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-26"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/782336a5-3d25-481f-9956-28ff61e45aa0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1b518d04e4e45c3d6e5d407e2734d856b0f7b2bbe634754354139113d6df6f43"
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 6455 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BRISTOL WARREN REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($200,000,000) IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND NOTES TO FINANCE THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ATHLETIC FACILITY, AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT, FURNISHINGS AND EQUIPMENT AND ALL EXPENSES INCIDENT THERETO, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COSTS OF DESIGN, DEMOLITION, ATHLETIC FIELDS, LANDSCAPING, AND PARKING AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURAL, SURVEYING AND OTHER PROJECT-RELATED CONSULTING COSTS (Authorizes the district to issue not more than $200,000,000 bonds and notes to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, furnishing and equipping of a new high school, athletic facility, and other school facilities.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6455.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-27** 05/27/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/782336a5-3d25-481f-9956-28ff61e45aa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).