---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Defines the terms \"conduit\" and \"earmarked\" for purposes of reporting campaign contributions and eliminates the aggregate contribution limits and adds a prohibition of earmarked funds.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Defines the terms \"conduit\" and \"earmarked\" for purposes of reporting campaign contributions and eliminates the aggregate contribution limits and adds a prohibition of earmarked funds.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5947"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5947 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections", "State Affairs", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Donovan", "Marszalkowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13a4f31d-b618-48c5-9cf7-a5e1df465bd0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1bb160c0fea76eff576dec1c6e0c7c7038b587527fb834862ef091655d0f0625"
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 5947 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Defines the terms "conduit" and "earmarked" for purposes of reporting campaign contributions and eliminates the aggregate contribution limits and adds a prohibition of earmarked funds.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5947.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-07** 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2017)
- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2017)
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/13a4f31d-b618-48c5-9cf7-a5e1df465bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).