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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7186"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7186 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Elections", "State Affairs", "Woonsocket"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Morin", "Phillips"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-01-17"
+last_action: "2018-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6888f9d2-e920-4195-90f2-30c3a5a9c9dd"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "8794d0423ae5e67837567c6a74ead4614c4977a5e54b327718370ac530636c77"
+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 HB 7186 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7186.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Morin — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-17** 01/17/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
+- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2018)
+- **2018-03-14** 03/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
+- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-25** 06/25/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-07-03** 07/03/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6888f9d2-e920-4195-90f2-30c3a5a9c9dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+