republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5704.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5704	Rhode Island HB 5704 (2017)	bill	Board of Elections Elections	enacted	Ajello Chippendale Craven Regunberg Tanzi	1	11	1	2017-03-01	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e63a6382-22eb-4dfb-9020-d47bf9028263	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	f6a33a83ed612fb91ed8acd8896ec6ecc7df4ca53ef25e161147c67fb210d59c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5704 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)

Version chain

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

1. 5704 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 70–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ajello — primary (person)
• Chippendale — primary (person)
• Craven — primary (person)
• Regunberg — primary (person)
• Tanzi — 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
• 2017-09-14 09/14/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/15/2017)
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-09-15 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A passage
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
• 2017-09-19 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2017-10-03 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-10-05 10/05/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e63a6382-22eb-4dfb-9020-d47bf9028263. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).