republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/sb-793.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	SB 793	Rhode Island SB 793 (2017)	bill	Board of Elections Cities & Towns Elections	enacted	Lynch Prata	1	15	2	2017-04-25	2017-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2f7a382c-f672-401d-b008-40e95d2d965e	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	0a47f90d6a886c5f133d13d61514663845e60836e9955f7e024fc242931fc565	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 793 (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. 793 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PRIMARY ELECTIONS — 36–0 (pass) · legislature
• IN CONCURRENCE — 72–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Lynch Prata — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-04-25 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-04-28 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2017)
• 2017-05-04 05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-05-19 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
• 2017-05-23 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-25 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
• 2017-05-31 05/31/2017 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2017-06-01 06/01/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. referral-committee
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
• 2017-06-06 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-09 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A 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/2f7a382c-f672-401d-b008-40e95d2d965e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).