---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS (Replaces the requirement that the notice for the final canvass be posted in a newspaper and instead this act would require the notice for the final canvass to be published on the official website maintained by the city or town.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS (Replaces the requirement that the notice for the final canvass be posted in a newspaper and instead this act would require the notice for the final canvass to be published on the official website maintained by the city or town.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2091"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2091 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "F Lombardi", "Felag", "Lawson", "Lombardo", "Mack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3793b9d-4bcf-437e-b6de-49096e36770b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8fec7edcdf42e7d6ad79c5389b5753e602587f558cd336a68b2a2c0c2121ffcd"
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 2091 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS (Replaces the requirement that the notice for the final canvass be posted in a newspaper and instead this act would require the notice for the final canvass to be published on the official website maintained by the city or town.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2091.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–3** (pass) · upper
- QUALIFIED ELECTORS — **32–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- F Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2022)
- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2022)
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-29** 04/29/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 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/b3793b9d-4bcf-437e-b6de-49096e36770b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).