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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7662.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS"
+description: "Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7662"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7662 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Serpa"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-02-15"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68f3ced4-a353-4546-88be-4c7d48c9d62a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a8df6b6944d9390b74f8d5c71a8bce4f6732db02ca570e5e4c7d74715eb2975e"
+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 7662 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
+
+Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7662** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7662.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Serpa — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 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`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2024)
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/23/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/68f3ced4-a353-4546-88be-4c7d48c9d62a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+