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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)"
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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 840"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 840 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections", "State Affairs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["F. Lombardi"]
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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: "2023-03-29"
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last_action: "2023-05-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8019753a-b34c-4fbc-b8ab-4be24b9038b8"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b77144f21095a42d74fbac7d4279c869920fa63522952498097e06a1404e3c7d"
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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 840 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- GENERAL PROVISIONS (Amends the election laws to change certain deadlines for declarations of candidacy, party disaffiliation and submission of nomination papers for special federal elections.)
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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. **840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0840.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 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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- **2023-04-28** 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2023)
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- **2023-05-04** 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-11** 05/11/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (05/16/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-18** 05/18/2023 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/8019753a-b34c-4fbc-b8ab-4be24b9038b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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