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legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5210.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS (Allows the town of Coventry to combine voting precincts for a special election for the school committee in 2019. Once the precincts are combined, the canvassers shall advertise such combination at least seven (7) days prior to the election.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS (Allows the town of Coventry to combine voting precincts for a special election for the school committee in 2019. Once the precincts are combined, the canvassers shall advertise such combination at least seven (7) days prior to the election.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5210"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5210 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Coventry", "Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Jackson", "Noret", "Roberts", "Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 5
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-29"
+last_action: "2019-02-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2911b441-d4f2-444a-8724-655fa2ea43a2"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "9926c736fe45befe0449535b60ef0d221bb8b81eb9a9b351fcdf9329d4cb548b"
+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 5210 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS (Allows the town of Coventry to combine voting precincts for a special election for the school committee in 2019. Once the precincts are combined, the canvassers shall advertise such combination at least seven (7) days prior to the election.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5210.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ITEM 1 19-H 5210 — **66–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Jackson — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Roberts — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-29** 01/29/2019 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
+- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 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/2911b441-d4f2-444a-8724-655fa2ea43a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+