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legislation/us/states/ri/2024/hb-7849.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
+description: "Requires mail ballot drop boxes to be opened thirty-five (35) days prior to election day, and twenty (20) days prior to special elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7849"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7849 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-01"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1131d19c-20c6-444a-b76c-fc2afd56f2a6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "16ea991c28c71c191aea96d81f5250cbc8cc41fe60471aeee106378017018fdb"
+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 7849 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
+
+Requires mail ballot drop boxes to be opened thirty-five (35) days prior to election day, and twenty (20) days prior to special elections.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7849 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7849aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–5** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **54–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
+- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2024)
+- **2024-04-09** 04/09/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-19** 04/19/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-20** 06/20/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/1131d19c-20c6-444a-b76c-fc2afd56f2a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+