---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Authorizes the town of Barrington to fill a vacancy on the Barrington town council by combining all town council voting districts into one district for a special election in 2019.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Authorizes the town of Barrington to fill a vacancy on the Barrington town council by combining all town council voting districts into one district for a special election in 2019.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5026"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5026 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Barrington", "Cities & Towns", "Elections", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cassar", "Knight"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-01-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc11ad10-9156-466c-91cd-f24921596ee0"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bf1f57699b8c4206172ee78f6d8e938ee595c8de88c9d9145bb008da8e6b5dc7"
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 HB 5026 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES - ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS (Authorizes the town of Barrington to fill a vacancy on the Barrington town council by combining all town council voting districts into one district for a special election in 2019.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5026.pdf)

## Votes

- ITEM 1 19-H 5026 — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cassar — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** 01/04/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** 01/10/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2019-01-10** 01/10/2019 House read and passed `passage`
- **2019-01-15** 01/15/2019 Recommended for Immediate Consideration
- **2019-01-15** 01/15/2019 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-01-15** 01/15/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-01-23** 01/23/2019 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/cc11ad10-9156-466c-91cd-f24921596ee0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).