---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE"
description: "Amends certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7092"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7092 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brien", "Corvese", "Fascia", "Felix", "Fellela", "Hopkins", "Hull", "Perez", "Shallcross Smith", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e3a50cb-9938-4592-890c-22e0b2bf98ef"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c82fce6d275754eeef6c464f2b48147554a5e6526153b41215d9f3e504b26db0"
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 7092 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE

Amends certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference.

## Version chain

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

1. **7092** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7092.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brien — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Fascia — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Hopkins — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/05/2026)
- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)
- **2026-04-30** 04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** 05/12/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/1e3a50cb-9938-4592-890c-22e0b2bf98ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).