---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Repeals the authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish municipal court (§ 45-2-51), and adopts an extensive authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish a municipal court – municipal housing court.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Repeals the authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish municipal court (§ 45-2-51), and adopts an extensive authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish a municipal court – municipal housing court.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 8219"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8219 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Courts", "Lincoln"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Costantino", "O`Grady"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-05-23"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/280a868e-1086-4650-8efc-a442ecdced36"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3aea1147042ce6b870850621077f0e9054fa1f799b931370eb69e89c7ec75169"
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 8219 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS (Repeals the authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish municipal court (§ 45-2-51), and adopts an extensive authorization for the town of Lincoln to establish a municipal court – municipal housing court.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **8219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H8219.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Costantino — primary (person)
- O`Grady — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/280a868e-1086-4650-8efc-a442ecdced36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).