republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2391.md

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Bill	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.)	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.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	SB 2391	Rhode Island SB 2391 (2022)	bill		enacted	DiPalma Murray Seveney	1	17	2	2022-02-15	2022-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/16d2f89c-4903-4182-b87d-ae433425aa94	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	dae913034cbe92b306eff5cbe669990821e21d5672715c5fc70ab6a0f8f0abc4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2391 (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. 2391 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 65–0 (pass) · upper
• MUNICIPAL COURT — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Murray — primary (person)
• Seveney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-15 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-04-01 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2022)
• 2022-04-07 04/07/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2022-05-06 05/06/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
• 2022-05-09 05/09/2022 Meeting postponed (05/10/2022)
• 2022-05-06 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/12/2022)
• 2022-05-11 05/11/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2022-05-12 05/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-13 05/13/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/19/2022) reading-3
• 2022-05-19 05/19/2022 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2022-05-20 05/20/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing referral-committee
• 2022-05-27 05/27/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/31/2022)
• 2022-05-31 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-03 06/03/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/07/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-07 06/07/2022 House 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; origin ocd-bill/16d2f89c-4903-4182-b87d-ae433425aa94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).