republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-601.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month preceding the special election to be available to hold the special primary.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month preceding the special election to be available to hold the special primary.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 601	Rhode Island SB 601 (2023)	bill	Board of Elections Cities & Towns Elections Public Officers	enacted	Acosta Burke Euer F. Lombardi Pearson Quezada Raptakis Sosnowski Tikoian	1	11	2	2023-03-07	2023-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/e42fdfb3-8ff3-4c65-ac66-654a35d7153b	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	cd5746e0827c5919b89415b97c8043108b53e47ac954736376aef1613aae8ae5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 601 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS (Allows the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month preceding the special election to be available to hold the special primary.)

Version chain

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

1. 601 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 67–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Acosta — primary (person)
• Burke — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• F. Lombardi — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Raptakis — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)
• Tikoian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-07 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
• 2023-04-04 04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-05-26 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
• 2023-05-30 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-30 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed passage
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-12 06/12/2023 House passed 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/e42fdfb3-8ff3-4c65-ac66-654a35d7153b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).