---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--WARWICK MUNICIPAL COURT"
description: "Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2149"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2149 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "LaMountain", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3ebda88-7d8e-4792-a32d-0340006fb561"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1e355a95c43fbf02ba44492b5727f7597672d52dc0132aa39fd68822500810c3"
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 2149 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--WARWICK MUNICIPAL COURT

Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court.

## Version chain

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

1. **2149** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2149.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** 02/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-03-24** 03/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-01** 04/01/2026 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2026)
- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/f3ebda88-7d8e-4792-a32d-0340006fb561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).