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3/24/2025
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MEDIA ADVISORY: House Committee on State Government and Elections to hear bills on runoff elections, four-year terms
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STATE HOUSE — The House Committee on State Government and Elections is scheduled to meet Tuesday to hear several bills relating to four-year terms, runoff elections and primaries.
The committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday, March 25, at the rise of the House (about 5 p.m.) in Room 101 on the first floor of the State House.
The panel will hear testimony on several bills including:
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2025-H 5086 — This bill, introduced by Rep. David A. Bennett (D-Dist. 20, Warwick, Cranston), would propose an amendment to the State Constitution that would allow four-year terms for General Assembly members, commencing with the 2028 election.
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2025-H 5275 — This bill, introduced by Rep. Rebecca Kislak, (D-Dist. 4, Providence), would establish an instant runoff form of ranked choice voting limited to General Assembly primary elections, with three or more candidates.
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2025-H 5276 —This bill, introduced by Rep. Evan P. Shanley (D-Dist. 24, Warwick, East Greenwich), would establish the Ranked Choice Voting for Rhode Island Presidential Primaries and provide for new sections on ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting.
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2025-H 5277 — This bill, introduced by Rep. Arthur J. Corvese (D-Dist. 55, North Providence), would change the process of nominating candidates for the general election, by replacing the political party primary with a primary general election.
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2025-H 5520 — This bill, introduced by Rep. Brian C. Newberry (R-Dist. 48, North Smithfield, Burrillville), would change the manner by which presidential electoral college electors are elected and create a system of grouping of municipalities of equal populations, one of each of Rhode Island’s electoral votes.
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2025-H 5708 — This bill, introduced by Rep. Richard R. Fascia (R-Dist. 42, Johnston, Cranston), would allow automatic voter registration for Rhode Islanders applying for hunting and fishing licenses.
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2025-H 5712 — This bill, introduced by Rep. John G. Edwards (D-Dist. 70, Tiverton), would establish fusion voting in Rhode Island, allowing candidates to appear on ballots as nominees of multiple political parties, for the same office.
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2025-H 5734— This bill, introduced by House Minority Whip David J. Place (R-Dist. 47, Burrillville, Glocester), would propose an amendment to the State Constitution to grant the governor a line-item veto on the budget and other appropriation bills.
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2025-H 5874 — This bill, introduced by Rep. Cherie L. Cruz (D-Dist. 58, Pawtucket), would make it easier to vote for people eligible to vote who are incarcerated at the Rhode Island Adult Correctional Institute and creates the position of “voting coordinator,” within the Department of Corrections.
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2025-H 5519 — This bill, introduced by Representative Newberry, would repeal authorizing Rhode Island to join an interstate compact, which would allow Presidents and Vice Presidents to be elected by a national popular vote rather than the electoral college.
The House Committee on Education is chaired by Representative Shanley. The meeting will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv.
For more information, contact:
Daniel Trafford, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
(401)222-1922
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