---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Authorizes voting districts to be combined for an election)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Authorizes voting districts to be combined for an election)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 613"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 613 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "F. Lombardi", "Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e5c439c-8ee4-405e-88d0-5386ec39a0b2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4490918fa75c626d08262cca0d92203e1064f401eef0a8208254950e91f319d1"
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 613 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS (Authorizes voting districts to be combined for an election)

## Version chain

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

1. **613 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0613A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/1e5c439c-8ee4-405e-88d0-5386ec39a0b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).