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legislation/us/states/ri/2018/sb-2829.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Allows the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Allows the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2829"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2829 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Elections", "Pawtucket"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Conley", "Crowley", "Nesselbush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-04-25"
+last_action: "2018-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25b5ba4f-433e-45db-8b86-a36430bc88de"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "3b16f6df46e58f2dea8cf49d956d7f7c24d13716b3cf3cf326772c3645d72b51"
+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 2829 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Allows the city of Pawtucket to fill a vacancy on the Pawtucket City Council by combining councilmatic voting districts for a special primary election and special election in 2018.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2829.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Conley — primary (person)
+- Crowley — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
+- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2018)
+- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/10/2018)
+- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 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/25b5ba4f-433e-45db-8b86-a36430bc88de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+