---
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: "SB 808"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 808 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d57fa4-8c42-4211-83cc-a27a65fec3fb"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "1578d984f525c2084d278a913e25af53897e8fdf9bc23d6c1e3778a6f206ea04"
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 808 (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. **808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0808.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–2** (pass) · legislature
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/d7d57fa4-8c42-4211-83cc-a27a65fec3fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).