| Chapter 014 |
Enacted 04/20/2026 |
| Chapter 014 |
| 2026 -- S 2147 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 04/20/2026 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS |
Introduced By: Senators Burke, and LaMountain |
| Date Introduced: January 16, 2026 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 17-15-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-15 entitled "Primary |
| Elections" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 17-15-1. Date of primaries. |
| A primary election for the nomination of candidates for each political party shall be held |
| in each voting district in the manner provided in this chapter on the eighth Tuesday preceding |
| biennial state elections. Provided, however, that if the eighth Tuesday is the day after Labor Day, |
| then the primary election shall be held on the next day, the Wednesday, and in such occurrence, the |
| dates for the primary candidate nomination, challenge, objection, hearing, withdrawal, vacancy, |
| and certification processes established by ยงยง 17-14-11, 17-14-12, 17-15-38, and 17-19-7, including |
| any ensuing statutory deadlines tied to those dates, shall be calculated as if the primary election |
| were still held on the Tuesday. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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