---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows a person appointed as a primary official to be an employee of the United States, of this state, or of any city or town of this state.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows a person appointed as a primary official to be an employee of the United States, of this state, or of any city or town of this state.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6008"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6008 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Cities & Towns", "Elections", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Casimiro", "Jacquard", "Shekarchi", "Vella-Wilkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-24"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d78936eb-3489-4fb6-b7ba-9dbb360b3a1a"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "638d84086a765b7bb61daadca428bc12b4dee3b3648b48e0e219a7c7abf025d8"
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 6008 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows a person appointed as a primary official to be an employee of the United States, of this state, or of any city or town of this state.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6008 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6008aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Jacquard — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-24** 03/24/2017 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
- **2017-05-08** 05/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2017)
- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2017)
- **2017-06-08** 06/08/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/d78936eb-3489-4fb6-b7ba-9dbb360b3a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).