---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH, ADOPT, AND REAPPORTION THE TOWN COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTING WARDS (Authorizes and ratifies the action of the North Providence town council which reapportions and redistricts its voting wards based on the most recent federal decennial census.)"
description: "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH, ADOPT, AND REAPPORTION THE TOWN COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTING WARDS (Authorizes and ratifies the action of the North Providence town council which reapportions and redistricts its voting wards based on the most recent federal decennial census.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 8321"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 8321 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Hull", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-06-03"
last_action: "2022-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6aa55ee6-ac89-47d8-b29c-421e95312dd6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2615d402cb63a391d7ddc1f04b30b65f0e6e106fe78479ea0e72e63a39cb8144"
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 8321 (2022) — AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF NORTH PROVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH, ADOPT, AND REAPPORTION THE TOWN COUNCIL AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE VOTING WARDS (Authorizes and ratifies the action of the North Providence town council which reapportions and redistricts its voting wards based on the most recent federal decennial census.)

## Version chain

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

1. **8321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H8321.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-02** 07/02/2022 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/6aa55ee6-ac89-47d8-b29c-421e95312dd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).