---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5704"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5704 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Chippendale", "Craven", "Regunberg", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e63a6382-22eb-4dfb-9020-d47bf9028263"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f6a33a83ed612fb91ed8acd8896ec6ecc7df4ca53ef25e161147c67fb210d59c"
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 5704 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5704 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5704A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/15/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/e63a6382-22eb-4dfb-9020-d47bf9028263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).