---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE"
description: "Amends certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2309"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2309 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "Rogers", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d41458a2-9028-4ad7-aafa-457f3bd31d93"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a53a072ac844ff2d0b5927050f73054c549e19d6844ce3f7e3af16e835a42a3c"
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 SB 2309 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE

Amends certain signature requirements and deadlines regarding primaries for election of delegates to national conventions for presidential preference.

## Version chain

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

1. **2309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2309.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** 02/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-30** 05/30/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed 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/d41458a2-9028-4ad7-aafa-457f3bd31d93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).