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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES"
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description: "Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 541"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 541 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Pearson", "Ujifusa", "Vargas"]
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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: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fee758e-1804-49be-b086-36c993570640"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "89398e8ce4a49b8f591ab5b748ad22aae7dd9b92870d3ee7603771b7432dc9c6"
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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 541 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES
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Increases from 7 days to 9 days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections and no certificates of election may be issued until the recount, if any, is completed.
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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. **541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0541.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–6** (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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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Ujifusa — primary (person)
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- Vargas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
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- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
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- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-24** 06/24/2025 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/6fee758e-1804-49be-b086-36c993570640`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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