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type: "Bill"
title: "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.)"
description: "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.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2391"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2391 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Murray", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16d2f89c-4903-4182-b87d-ae433425aa94"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "dae913034cbe92b306eff5cbe669990821e21d5672715c5fc70ab6a0f8f0abc4"
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 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](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2391A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **650** (pass) · upper
- MUNICIPAL COURT — **380** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16d2f89c-4903-4182-b87d-ae433425aa94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).