republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2019/hb-5714.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Provides that a voter may use proof of identity which expired no more than six (6) months prior to voting.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Provides that a voter may use proof of identity which expired no more than six (6) months prior to voting.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2019	HB 5714	Rhode Island HB 5714 (2019)	bill	Elections	enacted	Bennett Diaz Maldonado Slater Solomon	1	11	1	2019-02-27	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/c80813a9-8748-436d-9a84-858055a602f9	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	24a511cd6eb643c75a10909029c49249c0da05042287464f956399cea3b06d3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5714 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Provides that a voter may use proof of identity which expired no more than six (6) months prior to voting.)

Version chain

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

1. 5714 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Maldonado — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)
• Solomon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-27 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 04/05/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2019)
• 2019-04-10 04/10/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2019-06-07 06/07/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2019)
• 2019-06-11 06/11/2019 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-14 06/14/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2019)
• 2019-06-19 06/19/2019 House read and passed passage
• 2019-06-20 06/20/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/25/2019)
• 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c80813a9-8748-436d-9a84-858055a602f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).