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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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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 601"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 601 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Cities & Towns", "Elections", "Public Officers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Burke", "Euer", "F. Lombardi", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Raptakis", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-07"
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last_action: "2023-06-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e42fdfb3-8ff3-4c65-ac66-654a35d7153b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "cd5746e0827c5919b89415b97c8043108b53e47ac954736376aef1613aae8ae5"
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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 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.)
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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. **601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0601.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Quezada — primary (person)
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- Raptakis — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
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- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
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- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed 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/e42fdfb3-8ff3-4c65-ac66-654a35d7153b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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