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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires that election supplies furnished by the board of elections would be delivered to or picked up by the proper officer as determined by the board no later than twelve o'clock p.m. (12:00 p.m.) on the day before the election.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires that election supplies furnished by the board of elections would be delivered to or picked up by the proper officer as determined by the board no later than twelve o'clock p.m. (12:00 p.m.) on the day before the election.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5703"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5703 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunha", "Kazarian", "Shanley", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/043453a1-c42e-4905-aa1b-a5e5c5edc642"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5d6c20aae183f1cc4cb343afad744db1022cb08cb895bfa930c57f500a0953e8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island HB 5703 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (Requires that election supplies furnished by the board of elections would be delivered to or picked up by the proper officer as determined by the board no later than twelve o'clock p.m. (12:00 p.m.) on the day before the election.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5703.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **730** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-08** 05/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26** 05/26/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/01/2017)
- **2017-06-01** 06/01/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2017)
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/043453a1-c42e-4905-aa1b-a5e5c5edc642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).