---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7543"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7543 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corvese", "Handy", "Morgan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-09"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/238b483d-2747-4054-8cd5-d0b290d206e7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "619210ab8e148781385059d5752760e24e437068b1fe6aa7559399ba5ebbf396"
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 7543 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7543.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **65–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corvese — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Morgan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-09** 02/09/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** 03/16/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Meeting postponed (03/21/2018)
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/16/2018)
- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 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/238b483d-2747-4054-8cd5-d0b290d206e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).