---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES"
description: "Increases from seven (7) days to nine (9) days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections. No certificates of election may be issued, until the recount if any is completed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7782"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7782 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Kazarian", "Knight", "Shallcross Smith", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f8427b6-8f01-4bb8-861d-55988967212c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1d82daffca1343adda040cb43633c30c0bdeb4cf27003e16b11468396b7dc9c0"
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 7782 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES

Increases from seven (7) days to nine (9) days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections. No certificates of election may be issued, until the recount if any is completed.

## Version chain

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

1. **7782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7782.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Boylan — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 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`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 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/5f8427b6-8f01-4bb8-861d-55988967212c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).