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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS"
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description: "Requires that the primary election date, statutorily the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday when Labor Day is the day before said Tuesday. No other filing deadlines would be affected."
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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: "HB 7049"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7049 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Baginski", "Brien", "Paplauskas"]
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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: "2026-01-09"
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last_action: "2026-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b995af2-7827-4e1a-b1cd-655737ce7414"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "062e9e1b5cad8d764271ae07990c980f5233a79c2025d89e5e13fb1d62c90e21"
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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 7049 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS
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Requires that the primary election date, statutorily the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday when Labor Day is the day before said Tuesday. No other filing deadlines would be affected.
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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. **7049 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7049aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **57–9** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Baginski — primary (person)
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- Brien — primary (person)
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- Paplauskas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/15/2026)
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- **2026-01-15** 01/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration (01/27/2026)
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- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Placed on House Calendar (02/05/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/07/2026)
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- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/16/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-20** 04/20/2026 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/4b995af2-7827-4e1a-b1cd-655737ce7414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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