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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 5704"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5704 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Chippendale", "Craven", "Regunberg", "Tanzi"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-03-01"
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last_action: "2017-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e63a6382-22eb-4dfb-9020-d47bf9028263"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "f6a33a83ed612fb91ed8acd8896ec6ecc7df4ca53ef25e161147c67fb210d59c"
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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 HB 5704 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS --POST-ELECTION AUDITS (Authorizes the board of elections to establish a post-election risk-limiting audit program to improve the accuracy of election results.)
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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. **5704 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5704A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Ajello — primary (person)
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- Chippendale — primary (person)
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- Craven — primary (person)
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- Regunberg — primary (person)
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- Tanzi — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
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- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Scheduled for consideration (09/15/2017)
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- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/e63a6382-22eb-4dfb-9020-d47bf9028263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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