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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver's license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver's license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 770"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 770 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Driver Licenses", "Elections", "Secretary of State"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Goldin", "Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "Miller"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-04-12"
+last_action: "2017-09-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50f5ad54-6df6-467f-abf9-8fa63fbf53a0"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "e07faa66c5b03c8417b9837edbe2bb86c84aca9b79fb1fbe5048e14f5bb444b1"
+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 770 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver's license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **770 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0770A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTR — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passage — **32–4** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Goldin — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2017)
+- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
+- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50f5ad54-6df6-467f-abf9-8fa63fbf53a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+