RI HB 7083
enactedAN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- GENERAL POWERS
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Authorizes the city of Cranston to establish a housing division within its municipal court.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-14
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-11 — 06/11/2026 Effective without Governor's signature
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- McNamaraprimary
- Bennettprimary
- Handyprimary
- Sanchezprimary
- Diazprimary
- Slaterprimary
- Cruzprimary
- Potterprimary
- Limaprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-14
01/14/2026 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)
2026-04-03
04/03/2026 Proposed Substitute
substitution
2026-04-07
04/07/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
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 passed Sub A
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 of Sub A 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 Sub A 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
Versions
- 7083 SUB ACompare
Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-04-16 · pass · 64-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: other
- Batista: other
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: yes
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: yes
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: yes
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: other
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: yes
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: other
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: yes
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: other
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: other
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: other
- Perez: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: other
- Quattrocchi: other
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: yes
- ShallcrossSmith: other
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: other
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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