---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--WARWICK MUNICIPAL COURT"
description: "Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7777"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7777 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Hopkins", "McNamara", "Read", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6775f3e2-faaa-4637-8ac5-359ea1793112"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b453da97f75d26fac7acabc0b0181f62174ac34e77f659fd2f5962ce3b250e06"
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 7777 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS--WARWICK MUNICIPAL COURT

Expands the jurisdiction of the city of Warwick municipal court.

## Version chain

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

1. **7777** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7777.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2026)
- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/6775f3e2-faaa-4637-8ac5-359ea1793112`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).