---
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: "SB 793"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 793 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7a382c-f672-401d-b008-40e95d2d965e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "0a47f90d6a886c5f133d13d61514663845e60836e9955f7e024fc242931fc565"
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 793 (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. **793 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0793A.pdf)

## Votes

- PRIMARY ELECTIONS — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lynch Prata — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 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
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A 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/2f7a382c-f672-401d-b008-40e95d2d965e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).