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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON WATER DISTRICT -- BONDS"
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description: "Increases the maximum amount of the Kingston water district bonding authority from four million dollars ($4,000,000) to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5703"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5703 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McEntee", "Shallcross Smith", "Spears", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a589e10-373f-4414-80e5-238be8e53561"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "62ed1d3fd4391c0b616a1c3e87cdec06fd9973774332fe6cc9a9b2e4251c4820"
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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 HB 5703 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE KINGSTON WATER DISTRICT -- BONDS
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Increases the maximum amount of the Kingston water district bonding authority from four million dollars ($4,000,000) to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
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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. **5703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5703.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Cotter — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
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- Spears — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2025)
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- **2025-03-04** 03/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/11/2025)
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- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/01/2025)
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- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/10/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** 04/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 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/6a589e10-373f-4414-80e5-238be8e53561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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