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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Allows local boards of canvassers to combine voting districts in special elections for approval/rejection of questions or when officials will be elected or in primary elections only with board of election approval.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Allows local boards of canvassers to combine voting districts in special elections for approval/rejection of questions or when officials will be elected or in primary elections only with board of election approval.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5864"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5864 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Hawkins", "Millea", "Phillips", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-03-15"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5d9c88d-dc27-40c7-9b43-53e4e3536f20"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "63980a1465d79b5ff7e1abe1c153b9428ab91fc7ebe8eb7b27fa040ccbceee1b"
+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 5864 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Allows local boards of canvassers to combine voting districts in special elections for approval/rejection of questions or when officials will be elected or in primary elections only with board of election approval.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5864 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5864A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **23–48** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Millea — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2019)
+- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Meeting postponed (06/11/2019)
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2019)
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
+- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 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/f5d9c88d-dc27-40c7-9b43-53e4e3536f20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+