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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS"
+description: "Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7476"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7476 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Bennett", "Casimiro", "Craven", "Dawson", "Edwards", "McNamara", "O'Brien", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-02"
+last_action: "2024-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63578dd7-2961-4cfe-a9f9-45b13fd09640"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "f0a1aa425bf7f182f2755c635130bd7b4d6b50cfd028a8c4cc53c210981df58b"
+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 7476 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS
+
+Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7476.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Baginski — primary (person)
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-02** 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
+- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-21** 05/21/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
+- **2024-05-23** 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/28/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 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/63578dd7-2961-4cfe-a9f9-45b13fd09640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+