---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5305"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5305 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Education", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Caldwell", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Dawson", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "McGaw", "Shanley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/290c6713-eb47-4bd7-a72e-43919aedf260"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b91f0bfee5e538f37cff42426d47c2490891106c32f8073425e90b23abc68299"
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 5305 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that on each primary for election of national convention delegates and elections for presidential preference primaries, that all public elementary and secondary schools be closed.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5305.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** 02/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2023)
- **2023-02-07** 02/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-02-24** 02/24/2023 Scheduled for consideration (03/01/2023)
- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Placed on House Calendar (03/07/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (04/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** 05/01/2023 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/290c6713-eb47-4bd7-a72e-43919aedf260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).