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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 793"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 793 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Cities & Towns", "Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-04-25"
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last_action: "2017-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f7a382c-f672-401d-b008-40e95d2d965e"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "0a47f90d6a886c5f133d13d61514663845e60836e9955f7e024fc242931fc565"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# 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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **793 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0793A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PRIMARY ELECTIONS — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/04/2017)
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- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2017)
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- **2017-05-23** 05/23/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-05-25** 05/25/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2017)
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- **2017-05-31** 05/31/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Committee transferred to House Judiciary
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- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2017)
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- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
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- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f7a382c-f672-401d-b008-40e95d2d965e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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