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legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2391.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--PORTSMOUTH MUNICIPAL COURT (Repeals the current authorization for town of Portsmouth municipal court and establishes authorization which expands the jurisdiction of Portsmouth municipal court to include a municipal housing court to adjudicate violations of the state building code.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--PORTSMOUTH MUNICIPAL COURT (Repeals the current authorization for town of Portsmouth municipal court and establishes authorization which expands the jurisdiction of Portsmouth municipal court to include a municipal housing court to adjudicate violations of the state building code.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2391"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2391 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Murray", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-02-15"
+last_action: "2022-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d2f89c-4903-4182-b87d-ae433425aa94"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "dae913034cbe92b306eff5cbe669990821e21d5672715c5fc70ab6a0f8f0abc4"
+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 2391 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--PORTSMOUTH MUNICIPAL COURT (Repeals the current authorization for town of Portsmouth municipal court and establishes authorization which expands the jurisdiction of Portsmouth municipal court to include a municipal housing court to adjudicate violations of the state building code.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2391 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2391A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **65–0** (pass) · upper
+- MUNICIPAL COURT — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2022)
+- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2022-05-09** 05/09/2022 Meeting postponed (05/10/2022)
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2022)
+- **2022-05-11** 05/11/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2022)
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 House passed Sub A 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/16d2f89c-4903-4182-b87d-ae433425aa94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+