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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7543"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7543 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Handy", "Morgan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-09"
+last_action: "2018-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238b483d-2747-4054-8cd5-d0b290d206e7"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "619210ab8e148781385059d5752760e24e437068b1fe6aa7559399ba5ebbf396"
+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 7543 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7543.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Morgan — 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`
+- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
+- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
+- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2018)
+- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 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`
+- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2018)
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 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/238b483d-2747-4054-8cd5-d0b290d206e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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