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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: "SB 2780"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2780 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Burke", "Ciccone", "DiPalma", "LaMountain", "Lombardi", "Tikoian", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-08"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0542ffd6-d854-4342-a1e1-288e1ae745d7"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1b9829351426f52747ce373e31aef29a16b48942920562a609bfae2f8e35e541"
+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 2780 (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. **2780 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2780A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–12** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **32–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Burke — primary (person)
+- Ciccone — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
+- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
+- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 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/0542ffd6-d854-4342-a1e1-288e1ae745d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+