---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS"
description: "Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2418"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2418 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "McKenney", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/670becf6-bb0a-4f31-b6dc-a557d04f33b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "9f24eedc80f766797c257d845683865ad379fedb6ec40fd0d24aa4d58a3ee816"
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 SB 2418 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

Allows non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without becoming an affiliated party voter.

## Version chain

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

1. **2418 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2418A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **75–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
- **2024-03-07** 03/07/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
- **2024-06-03** 06/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/670becf6-bb0a-4f31-b6dc-a557d04f33b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).