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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 35"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 35 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Campaign Issues", "Elections", "Minors", "Miscellaneous"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "F. Lombardi", "Gallo", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Miller", "Murray"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "7bfffc5cc99d0249fa70bc7841a7633427e4b7dbd595c29b1262c4d8bb73e23b"
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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 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.)
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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. **35 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0035A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–9** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **31–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2023)
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- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
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- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/2657a3d5-24a3-4904-948a-4ab8bfd80f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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