---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7186"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7186 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Elections", "State Affairs", "Woonsocket"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Morin", "Phillips"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6888f9d2-e920-4195-90f2-30c3a5a9c9dd"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "8794d0423ae5e67837567c6a74ead4614c4977a5e54b327718370ac530636c77"
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 7186 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS-NOMINATION OF PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES-CITY OF WOONSOCKET (Provides that nomination papers for certain candidates for citywide nonpartisan office in the city of Woonsocket would require at least one hundred (100) signatures.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7186.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)
- Phillips — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** 01/17/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2018)
- **2018-03-14** 03/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-15** 06/15/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-25** 06/25/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-03** 07/03/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6888f9d2-e920-4195-90f2-30c3a5a9c9dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).