---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5055"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5055 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaign Issues", "Elections", "Minors", "Miscellaneous"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Cruz", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "Knight", "Serpa", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c738498-0851-4469-9976-21a670ca3b01"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b45ed1afd26fc8ac303e2d26c11a06a43caca0662423d3017055bd1f33c9ca28"
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 5055 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5055 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5055A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **56–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** 01/11/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/08/2023)
- **2023-03-08** 03/08/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/07/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/9c738498-0851-4469-9976-21a670ca3b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).