---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS (Allows the town of Coventry to combine voting precincts for a special election for the school committee in 2019. Once the precincts are combined, the canvassers shall advertise such combination at least seven (7) days prior to the election.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS (Allows the town of Coventry to combine voting precincts for a special election for the school committee in 2019. Once the precincts are combined, the canvassers shall advertise such combination at least seven (7) days prior to the election.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5210"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5210 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Coventry", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chippendale", "Jackson", "Noret", "Roberts", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 5
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2911b441-d4f2-444a-8724-655fa2ea43a2"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9926c736fe45befe0449535b60ef0d221bb8b81eb9a9b351fcdf9329d4cb548b"
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 5210 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS (Allows the town of Coventry to combine voting precincts for a special election for the school committee in 2019. Once the precincts are combined, the canvassers shall advertise such combination at least seven (7) days prior to the election.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5210.pdf)

## Votes

- ITEM 1 19-H 5210 — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chippendale — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** 01/29/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 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/2911b441-d4f2-444a-8724-655fa2ea43a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).