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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7201"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7201 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Edwards", "McGaw"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-26"
+last_action: "2022-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27cbb7b4-b2ab-4ccf-ab9d-08f28368fc1c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d94e4a88c6812bdec3016adfab77bfc788020a96402b9b8df2204f4e7984bbda"
+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 7201 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ZONING ORDINANCES (Provides a procedure for homeowners to submit to a municipal zoning board of review or municipal official or agency for a review to determine whether or not a proposed use under this chapter requires a special use permit.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7201** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7201.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-26** 01/26/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/16/2022)
+- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
+- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27cbb7b4-b2ab-4ccf-ab9d-08f28368fc1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+