---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 35"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 35 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Issues", "Elections", "Minors", "Miscellaneous"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "F. Lombardi", "Gallo", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "7bfffc5cc99d0249fa70bc7841a7633427e4b7dbd595c29b1262c4d8bb73e23b"
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 35 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)

## Version chain

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

1. **35 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0035A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–9** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 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 recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).