---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 130"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 130 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "F. Lombardi", "Felag", "Gallo", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Miller", "Pearson", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1309b31-e4cd-44f5-88e5-44347ac76ae2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "893a0aab0e21b3662859939e956e565be382c8e32c32fca1994c2e047e56a29f"
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 130 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.)

## Version chain

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

1. **130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0130.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **68–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16** 03/16/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-02** 04/02/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/18/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** 05/01/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1309b31-e4cd-44f5-88e5-44347ac76ae2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).