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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER REGARDING NEW ELECTED TERM LENGTHS AND TERM LIMITS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECTIVE TERMS COMMENCING JANUARY, 2025 (Approves Warwick city charter amendments increasing mayor's term of office from 2 to 4 yrs, limited to 2 consecutive terms limiting council members to 6 consecutive 2 yr. terms effective 1/1/25 subject to general/special election voter approval.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER REGARDING NEW ELECTED TERM LENGTHS AND TERM LIMITS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECTIVE TERMS COMMENCING JANUARY, 2025 (Approves Warwick city charter amendments increasing mayor's term of office from 2 to 4 yrs, limited to 2 consecutive terms limiting council members to 6 consecutive 2 yr. terms effective 1/1/25 subject to general/special election voter approval.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 2974"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2974 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Calkin", "McCaffrey"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-05-19"
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last_action: "2022-07-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85021fac-6ce1-441c-968c-6e06c564a856"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f009b10550fe84e60d29d919b554639713160acdfa5400b6ccffa4fb1d2f82aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 2974 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE WARWICK CITY CHARTER REGARDING NEW ELECTED TERM LENGTHS AND TERM LIMITS FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECTIVE TERMS COMMENCING JANUARY, 2025 (Approves Warwick city charter amendments increasing mayor's term of office from 2 to 4 yrs, limited to 2 consecutive terms limiting council members to 6 consecutive 2 yr. terms effective 1/1/25 subject to general/special election voter approval.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2974.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–2** (pass) · upper
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- FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Anderson — primary (person)
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- Calkin — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2022)
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- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/02/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-07-06** 07/06/2022 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85021fac-6ce1-441c-968c-6e06c564a856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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