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IntroducedFeb 02, 2024
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Passed HouseMay 14, 2024
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Passed SenateMay 28, 2024
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Signed into LawJun 04, 2024
AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- STATEWIDE REFERENDA ELECTIONS (Amends certain election statutes to require ballot questions be written in plain language reasonably calculated to be understood by persons with an eighth-grade reading level.)
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executive • Jun 04, 2024: 06/04/2024 Signed by Governor
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Official Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 7476
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Votes
YES: 75
- Abney
- Ackerman
- Ajello
- Alzate
- Azzinaro
- Baginski
- Batista
- Bennett
- Biah
- Blazejewski
- Boylan
- Brien
- Caldwell
- Cardillo
- Carson
- Casey
- Casimiro
- Chippendale
- Cortvriend
- Corvese
- Costantino
- Cotter
- Craven
- Cruz
- Dawson
- DeSimone
- Diaz
- Donovan
- Edwards
- Felix
- Fellela
- Fenton-Fung
- Finkelman
- Fogarty
- Giraldo
- Handy
- Henries
- Hull
- Kazarian
- Kennedy
- Kislak
- Knight
- Lima
- Lombardi
- Marszalkowski
- McEntee
- McGaw
- McNamara
- Messier
- Morales
- Morgan
- K. Joseph Shekarchi
- Nardone
- Newberry
- Noret
- O'Brien
- Perez
- Phillips
- Place
- Potter
- Quattrocchi
- Rea
- Roberts
- Sanchez
- Serpa
- ShallcrossSmith
- Shanley
- Slater
- Solomon
- Speakman
- Spears
- Stewart
- Tanzi
- Vella-Wilkinson
- Voas
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Jun 04, 2024 | executive
- 06/04/2024 Signed by Governor
- May 30, 2024 | executive
- 05/30/2024 Transmitted to Governor
- May 28, 2024 | Senate
- 05/28/2024 Senate passed in concurrence
- May 24, 2024 | Senate
- 05/24/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/28/2024)
- May 23, 2024 | Senate
- 05/23/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
- May 21, 2024 | Senate
- 05/21/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- May 17, 2024 | Senate
- 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary
- May 14, 2024 | House
- 05/14/2024 House read and passed
- May 10, 2024 | House
- 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024)
- May 07, 2024 | House
- 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage
- May 03, 2024 | House
- 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
- Mar 26, 2024 | House
- 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- Mar 22, 2024 | House
- 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
- Feb 02, 2024 | House
- 02/02/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
Bill Texts
Documents
- 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
- 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
- 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024)
- 05/21/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2024)
- 05/24/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/28/2024)
- House State Government and Elections: 03-26-2024--H7476--ACLU-Steven BrownPDF
- House State Government and Elections: 03-26-2024--H7476--Common Cause-John MarionPDF
- House State Government and Elections: 03-26-2024--H7476--RI Development Disabilities Council-Kevin NerneyPDF
- House State Government and Elections: 03-26-2024--H7476--Secretary of State-Gregg AmorePDF
- House State Government and Elections: 03-26-2024--H7476--State of RI Commisssion for Human Rights-Lauren HillPDF