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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTER REGISTRATION (Removes the requirement that party primary voters automatically change their party affiliation to that party and reduces from 90 to 30 days the time before an election that a non-candidate can change their affiliation.) AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTER REGISTRATION (Removes the requirement that party primary voters automatically change their party affiliation to that party and reduces from 90 to 30 days the time before an election that a non-candidate can change their affiliation.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2019 SB 589 Rhode Island SB 589 (2019)
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Rhode Island SB 589 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTER REGISTRATION (Removes the requirement that party primary voters automatically change their party affiliation to that party and reduces from 90 to 30 days the time before an election that a non-candidate can change their affiliation.)

Version chain

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

  1. 589 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 602 (pass) · upper
  • AS AMENDED — 576 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 316 (pass) · upper
  • In Concurrence — 266 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • McKenney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-03-14 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-15 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
  • 2019-03-21 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2019-06-24 06/24/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/26/2019)
  • 2019-06-25 06/25/2019 Proposed Substitute
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/26/2019)
  • 2019-06-26 06/26/2019 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2019-06-27 06/27/2019 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2019-06-27 06/27/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
  • 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
  • 2019-06-28 06/28/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2019-07-02 07/02/2019 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-07-08 07/08/2019 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f5b1cc3b-d415-4135-b44c-ffda0a46712e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).