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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS | Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2024 | SB 2447 | Rhode Island SB 2447 (2024) |
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Rhode Island SB 2447 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS
Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 2447 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — 66–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-02-12 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-03-01 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2024)
- 2024-03-07 03/07/2024 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-08 03/08/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/14/2024)
reading-3 - 2024-03-14 03/14/2024 Senate read and passed
passage - 2024-03-15 03/15/2024 Referred to House State Government & Elections
referral-committee - 2024-05-17 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- 2024-05-23 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2024)
reading-3 - 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 House passed in concurrence
passage - 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65b53872-0327-428b-a657-ffe02680801d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).