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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Raises aggregate reporting to $200, individual/PAC contributions to $2,000. Defines FMV/accounts payable. Prohibits financing to candidates owing fines to BOE. Exempts candidates from aggregate reporting. Provides public financing for primaries in 2026.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Raises aggregate reporting to $200, individual/PAC contributions to $2,000. Defines FMV/accounts payable. Prohibits financing to candidates owing fines to BOE. Exempts candidates from aggregate reporting. Provides public financing for primaries in 2026.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 846"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 846 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E Morgan", "Paolino"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da91e1a-20e3-42f4-8ffc-707f0cad27c0"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0a88ad7de5c00aede75d06c49bcc45c552330cd0ec2d38de8358ebacfa7a8317"
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 SB 846 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES REPORTING (Raises aggregate reporting to $200, individual/PAC contributions to $2,000. Defines FMV/accounts payable. Prohibits financing to candidates owing fines to BOE. Exempts candidates from aggregate reporting. Provides public financing for primaries in 2026.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **846 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0846Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Approval of Amendment — **360** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **2214** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- E Morgan — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31** 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
- **2023-04-04** 04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Meeting postponed (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2da91e1a-20e3-42f4-8ffc-707f0cad27c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).