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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES | Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2026 | HB 7358 | Rhode Island HB 7358 (2026) |
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Rhode Island HB 7358 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES
Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 7358 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 66–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Baginski — primary (person)
- Paplauskas — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-28 01/28/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
introduction, referral-committee - 2026-03-20 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
- 2026-03-26 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2026-04-10 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/16/2026)
- 2026-04-16 04/16/2026 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-04-24 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-04-30 04/30/2026 House read and passed
passage - 2026-05-01 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
referral-committee - 2026-05-26 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- 2026-05-28 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026)
reading-3 - 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence
passage - 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/310bad30-2dfb-47a8-afcb-b4356fbb7b37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).