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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Corrects the address of the Board of Elections, for purposes of mail ballots, due to their relocation from Providence to Cranston.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Corrects the address of the Board of Elections, for purposes of mail ballots, due to their relocation from Providence to Cranston.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2162"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2162 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cranston", "Elections", "Providence"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-30"
+last_action: "2020-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/598a4a75-5c31-4bf5-beef-2e43746bfb90"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "aadeb657b0ba2a4feba790a060141b5b828c6e9d264387ecc896e23b73c802bd"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2162 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Corrects the address of the Board of Elections, for purposes of mail ballots, due to their relocation from Providence to Cranston.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2162 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2162aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **54–18** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **61–10** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **25–12** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- Approval of Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-30** 01/30/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-31** 01/31/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2020)
+- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/13/2020)
+- **2020-02-13** 02/13/2020 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2020-02-14** 02/14/2020 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2020)
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/598a4a75-5c31-4bf5-beef-2e43746bfb90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+