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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS"
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description: "Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 513"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 513 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Gallo", "Patalano", "Pearson", "Thompson", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbd09d0c-f7e8-4466-9dea-8796f94898d0"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "49f9810b6e0213e77a862b3b9bccb7c511e29e71f6d29db6f7a2597730322e71"
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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 513 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTION -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS
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Increases the maximum number of voters that a polling place can accommodate 3,000 to 3,500 and provide for existing polling places that exceed the maximum number of voters, not be required to be changed until the next decennial redistricting.
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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. **513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0513.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–1** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Appollonio — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Dimitri — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Patalano — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Thompson — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
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- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/cbd09d0c-f7e8-4466-9dea-8796f94898d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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