---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION - NOMINATION - DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - PRIMARY VOTES (Moves the date of primaries to the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION - NOMINATION - DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - PRIMARY VOTES (Moves the date of primaries to the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 5764"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5764 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Casimiro", "Cassar", "Kazarian", "Mendez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56f65d76-efba-4ba2-8065-ad7b465b840c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "4e5e3309c6c4723f1bfb461f4a5c88cea72950a1f07f0d22d5ce925550bc0615"
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 5764 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION - NOMINATION - DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - PRIMARY VOTES (Moves the date of primaries to the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5764 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5764A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Mendez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2019)
- **2019-04-24** 04/24/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/56f65d76-efba-4ba2-8065-ad7b465b840c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).