---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE (Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE (Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7732"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7732 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "Morales", "Noret", "Potter", "Ruggiero", "Serpa", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1326f2c-15b6-49b3-ac5b-df1a1a6ea24b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e4371df11490e8f7ba453c8a10eaf0005bd380013ee28838c3d768e3e8b9284a"
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 7732 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE (Authorizes the secretary of state and board of elections to conduct an extensive cybersecurity assessment of our election systems and facilities and to establish a cybersecurity review board.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7732** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7732.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **64–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** 03/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Committee transferred to House Innovation, Internet, & Technology
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/22/2022)
- **2022-03-22** 03/22/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2022)
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 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/f1326f2c-15b6-49b3-ac5b-df1a1a6ea24b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).