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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6185"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6185 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Campaign Issues", "Elections", "Public Officers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-22"
+last_action: "2023-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d2f3f38-e497-419d-b188-dfd81a99492c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b4ecbedb1becb841b08e16e0bf9a95946a9183031cd469348407c4bd682443b1"
+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 6185 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6185.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
+- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/18/2023)
+- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/20/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/6d2f3f38-e497-419d-b188-dfd81a99492c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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