Bill Sponsors: RI S2447 | 2024 | Regular Session

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-04 - Signed by Governor [S2447 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeContactPhoneDistrictSponsorshipState ProfileFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Mark McKenney [D]PrimaryEmail401-578-6258SD-030Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Valarie Lawson [D]PrimaryEmail401-222-4901SD-014Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jonathon Acosta [D]PrimaryEmail401-305-0545SD-016Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Sandra Cano [D]PrimaryN/AN/ASD-008Sponsored BillsN/AFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Hanna Gallo [D]PrimaryEmail401-222-4901SD-027Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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