---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS (Allows audio recordings to be taken at the local boards of canvassers’ proceedings and be maintained as a permanent record of the board.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS (Allows audio recordings to be taken at the local boards of canvassers’ proceedings and be maintained as a permanent record of the board.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7421"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7421 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Fenton-Fung", "Potter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66981680-70b3-4982-a08d-b98b51d49eeb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a96bbfd6972e7f15e33689d80df53ce3cdd528e79adf92b7fad6cca2dac68965"
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 7421 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS (Allows audio recordings to be taken at the local boards of canvassers’ proceedings and be maintained as a permanent record of the board.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7421.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** 02/09/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2022)
- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 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/66981680-70b3-4982-a08d-b98b51d49eeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).