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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7428"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7428 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amore", "Batista", "Craven", "Noret", "Shanley", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-09"
+last_action: "2022-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed76b0b5-743e-43d4-ad19-b940087df17b"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "2de045ac0825b56d1cf760e39d5b63647918e7d533dcdf9a74b71bb03feccdb8"
+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 HB 7428 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7428 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7428A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **61–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amore — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-09** 02/09/2022 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-18** 03/18/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/24/2022)
+- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2022)
+- **2022-05-06** 05/06/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-05-10** 05/10/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 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/ed76b0b5-743e-43d4-ad19-b940087df17b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+