---
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: "HB 7512"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7512 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Edwards", "McGaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98960937-99ae-4a77-8bfc-452a3115b0db"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "55f087e7f421e42b47a711f6ca882104b0bc8ce27922856b9ecfdd263eb06b3d"
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 7512 (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. **7512 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7512A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **61–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-16** 02/16/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2022)
- **2022-03-17** 03/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate 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/98960937-99ae-4a77-8bfc-452a3115b0db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).