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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Same as 21H-6004 Sub A as amended --Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Same as 21H-6004 Sub A as amended --Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2118"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2118 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Coyne", "Felag", "Raptakis", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-25"
+last_action: "2022-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52c8814e-09e4-4a06-8623-403c727edae3"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b7922052d00eb6a8cd533cf6f13957eaea865294cccb2bd99a5771fb221b6036"
+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 2118 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Same as 21H-6004 Sub A as amended --Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2118 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2118A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–14** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **25–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Archambault — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Felag — primary (person)
+- Raptakis — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2022)
+- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
+- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/52c8814e-09e4-4a06-8623-403c727edae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+