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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES Increases from seven (7) days to nine (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. No certificates of election may be issued, until the recount if any is completed. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 7782 Rhode Island HB 7782 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 7782 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES

Increases from seven (7) days to nine (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. No certificates of election may be issued, until the recount if any is completed.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 7782 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 720 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Boylan — primary (person)
  • Dawson — primary (person)
  • Kazarian — primary (person)
  • Knight — primary (person)
  • Shallcross Smith — primary (person)
  • Speakman — primary (person)
  • Tanzi — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2026-02-12 02/12/2026 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
  • 2026-04-24 04/24/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2026)
  • 2026-04-30 04/30/2026 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-01 05/01/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/12/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-05-12 05/12/2026 House read and passed passage
  • 2026-05-26 05/26/2026 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
  • 2026-06-03 06/03/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-04 06/04/2026 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-04 06/04/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f8427b6-8f01-4bb8-861d-55988967212c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).