---
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: "SB 2006"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2006 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "State Affairs", "Woonsocket"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cote", "Picard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c896236d-7e0e-4e98-8f0e-6aa132569356"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4a62efee48eb8c9ec569509f3cbe35f2007469afd3de8d20ecb89fc331e64692"
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 2006 (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. **2006 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2006A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cote — primary (person)
- Picard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2018)
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/20/2018)
- **2018-06-20** 06/20/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-27** 06/27/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** 07/05/2018 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/c896236d-7e0e-4e98-8f0e-6aa132569356`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).