---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES"
description: "Increases from 7 days to 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 and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5384"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5384 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "DeSimone", "Furtado", "Knight", "McGaw", "Shanley", "Speakman", "Stewart", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbc2c8a0-4899-433a-bde4-b45ebd2e37b5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "de3820072c04b4eb5bf3e83a87c66ffb7cb9ba36092ac76e7732700ef40bb7b2"
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 5384 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES

Increases from 7 days to 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 and 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. **5384** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5384.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Furtado — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Stewart — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2025)
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/dbc2c8a0-4899-433a-bde4-b45ebd2e37b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).