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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that polls in all cities and towns except New Shoreham open at 7 am and provides time for receipt of ballots cast outside the US.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that polls in all cities and towns except New Shoreham open at 7 am and provides time for receipt of ballots cast outside the US.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 628"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 628 (2019)"
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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: ["Algiere", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Goldin", "Lynch Prata"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-03-14"
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last_action: "2019-07-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95548ed1-f4d0-4873-812e-4abd33daeedf"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "874a73294fdbce5edfed5b8738fb353c60496af6df4c1fdfe3d4b50300ae5dd8"
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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 628 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTIVE MEETINGS (Mandates that polls in all cities and towns except New Shoreham open at 7 am and provides time for receipt of ballots cast outside the US.)
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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. **628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0628.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Algiere — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Goldin — primary (person)
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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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- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
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- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
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- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2019)
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- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
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- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2019)
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- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/95548ed1-f4d0-4873-812e-4abd33daeedf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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