---
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: "SB 413"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 413 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cote", "DiPalma", "Kettle", "Raptakis", "Sheehan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-02"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39d05f5e-cc4f-4b5c-b5dd-21cdcbfe61d4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "7ed627d7b699d88ed372558ac98ef6039c99e519ad10c98df9d3c0f1d4002751"
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 SB 413 (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. **413 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0413A.pdf)

## Votes

- POST-ELECTION AUDITS — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELE — **63–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cote — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Kettle — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sheehan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02** 03/02/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2017)
- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/15/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House 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/39d05f5e-cc4f-4b5c-b5dd-21cdcbfe61d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).