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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 no 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 no 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: "SB 474"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 474 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Lombardi", "Nesselbush", "Quezada", "Sheehan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-06-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8430e41-17b5-4308-8dd0-16e08233621c"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "87b5de05c5ec43b8a0a73ad0997d9d06507c26b6ab6c2562a61e21aa7e01a9c9"
+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 474 (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 no 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. **474 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0474A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crowley — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Sheehan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
+- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2019)
+- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
+- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
+- **2019-06-17** 06/17/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
+- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 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/a8430e41-17b5-4308-8dd0-16e08233621c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+