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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: "SB 2799"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2799 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Paolino", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-04-05"
+last_action: "2018-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0d4214c-6c36-4e9d-b094-cf8a2c05159f"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "663b4278bde07c0ac0937640a39d2ff250099d02331149282368e56362babc17"
+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 2799 (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. **2799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2799.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Paolino — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2018)
+- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
+- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
+- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
+- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House 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/b0d4214c-6c36-4e9d-b094-cf8a2c05159f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+