When was Rhode Island House Bill HB 8334 introduced?

HB 8334 was introduced on Mar 20, 2026.

What's the current status of Rhode Island House Bill HB 8334?

The latest action on HB 8334 by the House was: 04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study on Apr 16, 2026.

Who introduced Rhode Island House Bill HB 8334?

HB 8334 was introduced by Katherine S. Kazarian.

Bill tracking in Rhode Island - HB 8334 (2026 legislative session)

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HB 8334

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AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- RHODE ISLAND VOTING RIGHTS ACT (Creates the Rhode Island voting rights act to establish procedures to prevent discrimination in the voting process.)

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House • Apr 16, 2026: 04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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8334

Companion bills: SB 3143

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Katherine S. Kazarian
primary
(D - 63)
Evan P. Shanley
primary
(D - 24)
Kathleen A. Fogarty
primary
(D - 35)
Edwards
primary
Furtado
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Messier
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Alzate
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Casimiro
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Stewart
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Boylan
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Actions

Apr 16, 2026 | House
- 04/16/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Apr 10, 2026 | House
- 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/16/2026)
Mar 23, 2026 | House
- 03/23/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/26/2026)
Mar 20, 2026 | House
- 03/20/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections
- 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration

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03/23/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/26/2026)
04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/16/2026)
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--(ARISE)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Aimee_Blanchette--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Alex_Moore (1199 NE SEIU)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Aline_Couture--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Alissa_Kraus--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Alyssa_Fatal--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Amy_Crawford--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Amy_Yozura--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Angela_Lima--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Ann_Ochiltree--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Anthony_Caner--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Arianna_Arias--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Autumn_Guillotte (RI AFL CIO)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Awilda_Reinoso Lopez (Latino Policy Institute)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Brittany_Soto Palmer--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Carol Anne_Costa (SACRI)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Carol_Collins--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Cassidy_Thatcher--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Catherine_Tiley--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Cathy_Saunders--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Cheryl_Hannifan--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Chrisanthi_Zotos--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Cindy_Capra--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Claudette_Baril--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Cynthia_Martin--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Daniel_McKee (RI Governor)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Danielle_Parenteau--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Darrell_Brown (CLF)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Deborah_Lennon--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Dianna_Odell--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Donna_Cambio--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Elisabeth_Hubbard (Governors Commission on Disabilities)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Elise_McCaffrey--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Emily_Nunez--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Eugene_Milhaly--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Gail_Barrington--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Gale_Sullivan--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Gene_Thompson-Grove (League of Women Voters of RI)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--George_Hasapidis--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Grace_Toppi--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Gregg_Amore (RI Secretary of State)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Gregory_Huet--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Hanah_Stern (Planned Parenthood)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Hector_Perez-Aponte (The Economic Progress Institute)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Janet_Searles--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jasmine_Batista--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jean_Burke--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jenn_Pipe--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jennifer_Lima--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jennifer_Sylvia (RIWBA)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jessica_Kieber (Sojourner House)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jessica_Vega--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jessie_Kingston--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jim_Kingston--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Jocelyn_Antonio--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Joe_Gaeta (Lawyers Committee for RI)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--John_Alessandro--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--John_Marion (Common Cause RI)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Joseph_Burgio (RI Atheists)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Justin_Baptista--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Justine_Iadeluca--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Karen_O'Hara--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kasha_Hanflik--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kate_McGovern--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kathleen_Gerard--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kathleen_Odean--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kathy_Kloeblen--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Katie_Goetz--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Katie_West (Housing Network)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kelly_Leslie--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kenneth-Pariseau--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kerry_Sweeney--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kim_Buckley--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Kristen_Chambers--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Lata_Nott (AALDEF)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Lata_Nott (CLC)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Lillian_Gale--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Lilly_Stopler--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Linda_Hines--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Linda_Miller--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Linda_Riggs--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Lindey_Rameriz--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Lucy_Rios (RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Marianna_Zotos--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Mary Frances_Cooper--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Mary Jane_Lennon--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Mary_Chace--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Mary_Pendergast--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Max_Bromberg--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Melanie_White--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Nancy_Morton--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Nancy_Peterson--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Nicole_Dyszlewski--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Nicole_Tingle--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Nihil_Suthy--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Nini_Stoddard--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Patricia_Cole--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Peggy_Afonso (United Way RI)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Peter_Lobello--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Regina_Clements--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Rosemarie_Drop--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sabina_Matos (RI Lt Governor)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sara_Vieira--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Scott and Monica_Shuler--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Shahidah_Ali--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sharon Lee_Waldman--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sharon_Mallard--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sheila O'Connell_Ciny Capra--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sheila_Clarkin--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sheila_O'Connell--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Sophie_Wendelken--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Stacie_Demarais--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Steven_Brown (ACLU)--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Susan_Aitcheson--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Susan_Kelley--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Susan_Razza--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Tara_Hayes--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Ted_Herman--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Tracy_Ahmadian--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Trish_Sylvester--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Tyler_Hayes--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 04-16-2026--H8334--Victoria_Reiff--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 03-26-2026--H8334, H7782, H7788, H7232, H7981--Donna_Cambio--SGEPDF
House State Government and Elections: 03-26-2026--H8334, H7782, H7788, H7981--Jeanne_Grimes--SGEPDF

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