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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7522"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7522 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Secretary of State"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Ucci", "Winfield"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-09"
+last_action: "2018-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8acedf5-9b4b-4048-a1ea-f81c7d50d1ce"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "fccf8726cbc7fc4f5b0ba1cfebac1cc7c2c63d83986a1ce3c849d473ee2ac9c8"
+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 7522 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7522** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7522.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Ucci — primary (person)
+- Winfield — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 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
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
+- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
+- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2018)
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/f8acedf5-9b4b-4048-a1ea-f81c7d50d1ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+