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.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jun 2022
House Passage
Jun 2022
Signed into Law
Jul 2022
Introduced May 19, 2022
Signed Jul 6, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2022
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Jun 2, 2022
D
Democratic30
100% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Jun 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence
lower
Jun 21, 2022
Legislature · Passed
06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Jun 7, 2022
Committee
06/07/2022 Referred to House Municipal Government & Housing
lower
Jun 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
06/02/2022 Senate read and passed
upper
May 24, 2022
Legislature · Passed
05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage
legislature
May 19, 2022
Introduced
05/19/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeanine Calkin
DDemocratic
P
Kendra Anderson
DDemocratic
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
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