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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS (Designates a liaison position within the secretary of state's office to formulate communication between the department of state and the board of elections and adds accessible voting devices to the equipment maintained by secretary of state.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS (Designates a liaison position within the secretary of state's office to formulate communication between the department of state and the board of elections and adds accessible voting devices to the equipment maintained by secretary of state.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 5462"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5462 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Public Officers", "Secretary of State"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Azzinaro", "DeSimone", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Giraldo", "Kennedy", "McGaw", "Perez", "Slater"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-08"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6e75619-c188-4555-a27e-e377d078f566"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "41db463b7399ae4a1f485e981dc369475e077a00760d70db97eeeb3c0cb2fc4f"
+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 5462 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS (Designates a liaison position within the secretary of state's office to formulate communication between the department of state and the board of elections and adds accessible voting devices to the equipment maintained by secretary of state.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5462 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5462A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-08** 02/08/2023 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`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/e6e75619-c188-4555-a27e-e377d078f566`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+