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legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5055.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5055"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5055 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Campaign Issues", "Elections", "Minors", "Miscellaneous"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Cruz", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "Knight", "Serpa", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c738498-0851-4469-9976-21a670ca3b01"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b45ed1afd26fc8ac303e2d26c11a06a43caca0662423d3017055bd1f33c9ca28"
+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 5055 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5055 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5055A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **56–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Cruz — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** 01/11/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
+- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/9c738498-0851-4469-9976-21a670ca3b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+