---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING"
description: "Authorizes the use of campaign funds for security related expenses, including home and office security systems and ongoing monitoring, in response to threats arising from their public service or candidacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7495"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7495 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Baginski", "Boylan", "Dawson", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "McGaw", "Messier", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3952960-023e-4d0a-8dab-6b2366ec1710"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e2082ed53412ba1edb49de7a074f322129bcdba82cb910c67c70b0e87dd7b2e4"
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 7495 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING

Authorizes the use of campaign funds for security related expenses, including home and office security systems and ongoing monitoring, in response to threats arising from their public service or candidacy.

## Version chain

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

1. **7495 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7495A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **50–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** 02/04/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A 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/e3952960-023e-4d0a-8dab-6b2366ec1710`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).