republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-35.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 35	Rhode Island SB 35 (2023)	bill	Campaign Issues Elections Minors Miscellaneous	enacted	Acosta DiMario Euer F. Lombardi Gallo Kallman Lauria Lawson Miller Murray	1	12	2	2023-01-18	2023-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	7bfffc5cc99d0249fa70bc7841a7633427e4b7dbd595c29b1262c4d8bb73e23b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 35 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Allows individuals, who have not reached the age of eighteen (18) years, to vote in a primary election, as long as the voter will be eighteen (18), as of the date of the general or special election.)

Version chain

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

1. 35 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• IN CONCURRENCE — 60–9 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 31–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Acosta — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• F. Lombardi — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Kallman — primary (person)
• Lauria — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Murray — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-03 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
• 2023-03-07 03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-06-02 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
• 2023-06-05 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-07 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-14 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-19 06/19/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).