---
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: "SB 2906"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2906 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Courts", "Lincoln"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paolino", "Pearson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-05-17"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd711596-ff86-46b9-bfc8-9f94ee24a3c9"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "89203ddbafe40d673ece244e3a5401082de310dd0e9dda1a160988a432cfdf81"
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 2906 (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. **2906** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2906.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paolino — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate 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 recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House 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/bd711596-ff86-46b9-bfc8-9f94ee24a3c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).