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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES"
+description: "Includes the general assembly elections within the category of elections subject to the risk-limiting audits within the jurisdiction of the board of elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7328"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7328 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Chippendale", "Felix", "Handy", "Kislak", "Knight", "Lombardi", "Shallcross Smith", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-26"
+last_action: "2024-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe0ae64-8aa4-47cb-8e55-95f18f57f8ec"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "890e089ea14bd7067eba77d82103f46cdefe1b5f37fddbc291aad4c423c789a5"
+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 7328 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES
+
+Includes the general assembly elections within the category of elections subject to the risk-limiting audits within the jurisdiction of the board of elections.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7328** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7328.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ajello — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Chippendale — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-26** 01/26/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2024)
+- **2024-02-06** 02/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (03/14/2024)
+- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Placed on House Calendar (03/21/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 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/dfe0ae64-8aa4-47cb-8e55-95f18f57f8ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+