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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS"
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description: "Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7083"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7083 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Cruz", "Diaz", "Handy", "Lima", "McNamara", "Potter", "Sanchez", "Slater"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-06-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/313d62a1-daac-47fa-8180-84a6c26730e5"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "379d79e53b8c15690a5ecfedd4563315846271b2933a6ade5f56b65dd4def756"
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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 HB 7083 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS
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Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court.
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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. **7083 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7083A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Lima — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Sanchez — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/17/2026)
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- **2026-03-17** 03/17/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2026)
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- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
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- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/313d62a1-daac-47fa-8180-84a6c26730e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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