---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES"
description: "Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 541"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 541 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Pearson", "Ujifusa", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fee758e-1804-49be-b086-36c993570640"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "89398e8ce4a49b8f591ab5b748ad22aae7dd9b92870d3ee7603771b7432dc9c6"
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 541 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES

Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed.

## Version chain

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

1. **541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0541.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Ujifusa — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/6fee758e-1804-49be-b086-36c993570640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).