---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS (Permits, in certain circumstances, the publication, or broadcast of the likeness of an elected official on an official government website with 120 days preceding an election.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS (Permits, in certain circumstances, the publication, or broadcast of the likeness of an elected official on an official government website with 120 days preceding an election.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5986"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5986 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c7e78e-f89d-4d83-8173-c945058a3977"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "243f8ca297875f8fc33709b7835767799eb1b72ad7d5c33545f3691dab2af22a"
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 5986 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS (Permits, in certain circumstances, the publication, or broadcast of the likeness of an elected official on an official government website with 120 days preceding an election.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5986.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-11** 04/11/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-03** 05/03/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2019)
- **2019-05-07** 05/07/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** 05/10/2019 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2019)
- **2019-05-14** 05/14/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-19** 07/19/2019 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/f0c7e78e-f89d-4d83-8173-c945058a3977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).