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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENTS, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE RENOVATION OF TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 79.8% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes the Town of North Providence to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $125,000,000.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENTS, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE RENOVATION OF TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 79.8% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes the Town of North Providence to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $125,000,000.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 18 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bonds", "Cities & Towns", "Construction", "Education", "North Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pearson", "Ruggerio", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60b9de92-58dc-4724-a747-80635fe7d753"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "049eaa1357ac8c365baa6db892b6eb758eca1e54092ddbb2c0c826bbee26547f"
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 18 (2023) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $125,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, NOTES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENTS, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF AND/OR ADDITIONS TO SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE RENOVATION OF TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF STATE HOUSING AID AT A REIMBURSEMENT RATE OR STATE SHARE RATIO OF NOT LESS THAN 79.8% FOR EXPENDITURES ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT (Authorizes the Town of North Providence to issue bonds and notes in an amount not exceeding $125,000,000.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0018.pdf)
## Votes
- OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS — **370** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **740** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2023)
- **2023-02-07** 02/07/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** 02/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-02-15** 02/15/2023 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/27/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** 04/27/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15** 05/15/2023 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/60b9de92-58dc-4724-a747-80635fe7d753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).