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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: "SB 35"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 35 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Campaign Issues", "Elections", "Minors", "Miscellaneous"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "F. Lombardi", "Gallo", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-18"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "7bfffc5cc99d0249fa70bc7841a7633427e4b7dbd595c29b1262c4d8bb73e23b"
+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 35 (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. **35 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0035A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–9** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Gallo — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Lauria — primary (person)
+- Lawson — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House 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/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+