---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD (Ratifies the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD (Ratifies the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 222 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter", "Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray", "Paolino", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e5cf940-cf0a-4d96-a513-34da37a03b1b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6897c0c5b172d4c4f6fca4d2f241575984a8e38e6f38d208953efd4b1a194ae0"
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 222 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF NORTH SMITHFIELD (Ratifies the Home Rule Charter amendments adopted and approved by the electors of North Smithfield on November 6, 2018.)

## Version chain

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

1. **222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0222.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** 02/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2019)
- **2019-02-28** 02/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** 03/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/07/2019)
- **2019-03-07** 03/07/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-03-08** 03/08/2019 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2019)
- **2019-03-28** 03/28/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 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/9e5cf940-cf0a-4d96-a513-34da37a03b1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).