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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2799"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2799 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Paolino", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-04-05"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0d4214c-6c36-4e9d-b094-cf8a2c05159f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "663b4278bde07c0ac0937640a39d2ff250099d02331149282368e56362babc17"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 2799 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PARTY CONVENTIONS (Removes the requirement that each political party convene every two (2) years to adopt a platform.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2799.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **351** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **605** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2018)
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2018)
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2018)
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2018)
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0d4214c-6c36-4e9d-b094-cf8a2c05159f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).