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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2136"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2136 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Dimitri", "Gallo", "LaMountain"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4745bcda-6520-4350-ac77-7bd1c4a5f76c"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "8052b3707cab07e7f13371a958d924b17ee47ac0991379a8e12c7d71ef95293a"
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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 2136 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITIES
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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.
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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. **2136 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2136A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Dimitri — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** 02/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
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- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
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- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2026)
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 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/4745bcda-6520-4350-ac77-7bd1c4a5f76c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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