---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws/prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 28 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws/prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 28 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8248"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8248 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blazejewski", "Filippi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-05-12"
last_action: "2022-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a04a752-a63b-4e51-ad9e-65aa48eccaaf"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5a807ab330f16d1371b77fd12c7c985412cad695d4f996e88daf5bb7b5d883c6"
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 8248 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATUTES AND STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION (Makes a number of technical amendments to the general laws/prepared at the recommendation of the Law Revision Office. Article I contains the reenactment of title 28 of the general laws. Article II includes the statutory construction provisions)

## Version chain

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

1. **8248 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8248A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blazejewski — primary (person)
- Filippi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-12** 05/12/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a04a752-a63b-4e51-ad9e-65aa48eccaaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).