---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6185"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6185 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Campaign Issues", "Elections", "Public Officers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d2f3f38-e497-419d-b188-dfd81a99492c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b4ecbedb1becb841b08e16e0bf9a95946a9183031cd469348407c4bd682443b1"
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 6185 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6185.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for consideration (04/18/2023)
- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** 04/18/2023 Placed on House Calendar (04/20/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** 04/20/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/6d2f3f38-e497-419d-b188-dfd81a99492c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).