---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON MUNICIPAL COURT"
description: "Totally repeals the 1964 public law, which established the Johnston Municipal Court and which has never been amended and would enable the town of Johnston to establish a municipal court and housing court with expanded legal and equitable powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3118"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3118 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-30"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dee31b8e-317e-492d-b3a3-617c6c7dbad7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "370821d40a30ca7b7b5319d061c26f4127f5ebceac4353acb199394bf3fe2d09"
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 3118 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO THE TOWN OF JOHNSTON MUNICIPAL COURT

Totally repeals the 1964 public law, which established the Johnston Municipal Court and which has never been amended and would enable the town of Johnston to establish a municipal court and housing court with expanded legal and equitable powers.

## Version chain

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

1. **3118 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S3118Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 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/dee31b8e-317e-492d-b3a3-617c6c7dbad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).