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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE (Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE (Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7732"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7732 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Morales", "Noret", "Potter", "Ruggiero", "Serpa", "Speakman"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-02"
+last_action: "2022-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1326f2c-15b6-49b3-ac5b-df1a1a6ea24b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e4371df11490e8f7ba453c8a10eaf0005bd380013ee28838c3d768e3e8b9284a"
+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 7732 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE (Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7732** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7732.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **64–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Abney — primary (person)
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Ruggiero — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Committee transferred to House Innovation, Internet, & Technology
+- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2022)
+- **2022-03-22** 03/22/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2022)
+- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
+- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/f1326f2c-15b6-49b3-ac5b-df1a1a6ea24b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+