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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES Requires party chairpersons to submit lists of party voters to the mayor or council president within 30 days of notice of vacancy in a municipal election office and mayor/council president are required to make a replacement nomination within 30 days. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 SB 2136 Rhode Island SB 2136 (2026)
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Rhode Island SB 2136 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES

Requires party chairpersons to submit lists of party voters to the mayor or council president within 30 days of notice of vacancy in a municipal election office and mayor/council president are required to make a replacement nomination within 30 days.

Version chain

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

  1. 2136 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 690 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bissaillon — primary (person)
  • Dimitri — primary (person)
  • Gallo — primary (person)
  • LaMountain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-16 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-20 02/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
  • 2026-02-23 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
  • 2026-02-23 02/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
  • 2026-02-26 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
  • 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2026-06-11 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-11 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-23 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4745bcda-6520-4350-ac77-7bd1c4a5f76c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).