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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Requires that electors that cast emergency ballots in the 12 day period prior to any election day sign an electronic pollbook giving a reason why they cannot get to the polls and vote be cast immediately into a voting machine.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Requires that electors that cast emergency ballots in the 12 day period prior to any election day sign an electronic pollbook giving a reason why they cannot get to the polls and vote be cast immediately into a voting machine.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 2598"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2598 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-02-25"
+last_action: "2020-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ad75eee-32c0-44c0-8f04-cfcd66d47857"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "b058943e6c897b0a730ddffee8b807f07c68e9bc99f1067235ced4983a5e1ee6"
+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 2598 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Requires that electors that cast emergency ballots in the 12 day period prior to any election day sign an electronic pollbook giving a reason why they cannot get to the polls and vote be cast immediately into a voting machine.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2598 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2598A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-25** 02/25/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
+- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-15** 07/15/2020 Proposed Substitute
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
+- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/2ad75eee-32c0-44c0-8f04-cfcd66d47857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+