republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-6008.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows a person appointed as a primary official to be an employee of the United States, of this state, or of any city or town of this state.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows a person appointed as a primary official to be an employee of the United States, of this state, or of any city or town of this state.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 6008	Rhode Island HB 6008 (2017)	bill	Board of Elections Cities & Towns Elections State Affairs	enacted	Ajello Casimiro Jacquard Shekarchi Vella-Wilkinson	1	14	2	2017-03-24	2017-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/d78936eb-3489-4fb6-b7ba-9dbb360b3a1a	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	638d84086a765b7bb61daadca428bc12b4dee3b3648b48e0e219a7c7abf025d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 6008 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows a person appointed as a primary official to be an employee of the United States, of this state, or of any city or town of this state.)

Version chain

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

1. 6008 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 70–0 (pass) · legislature
• AS AMENDED — 71–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ajello — primary (person)
• Casimiro — primary (person)
• Jacquard — primary (person)
• Shekarchi — primary (person)
• Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-24 03/24/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-07 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2017)
• 2017-04-12 04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-08 05/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
• 2017-05-10 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-12 05/12/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2017)
• 2017-05-18 05/18/2017 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/08/2017)
• 2017-06-08 06/08/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-13 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-06-19 06/19/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d78936eb-3489-4fb6-b7ba-9dbb360b3a1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).