republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5702.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver's license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver's license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5702	Rhode Island HB 5702 (2017)	bill	Driver Licenses Elections Secretary of State	enacted	Coughlin Johnston	1	14	2	2017-03-01	2017-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/1415279b-9b2b-42be-88dd-56d14f7c9118	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	00c98a9b2ccee22578153c7aa42f31be8451ef21cab9344be129da83bdf6d7ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5702 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Provides that persons who apply to the DMV for a driver's license, its renewal or personal identification document shall simultaneously register to vote, unless they expressly decline to do so.)

Version chain

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

1. 5702 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 74–0 (pass) · legislature
• PASSAGE — 62–10 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Coughlin — primary (person)
• Johnston — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-01 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-03-17 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
• 2017-03-21 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2017)
• 2017-05-24 05/24/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-26 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/31/2017)
• 2017-05-31 05/31/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 06/27/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/29/2017)
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-29 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
• 2017-06-30 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-07-13 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-07-18 07/18/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1415279b-9b2b-42be-88dd-56d14f7c9118. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).