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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
+description: "Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding \"mail voters\" on the ballot."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5514"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5514 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Dawson", "Fascia", "Furtado", "Kazarian", "Messier", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9a76cb6-13ef-44d2-b973-5d5c33e7f598"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "17669f63ea2504740eac9b3a57a9cdc4836fc6454a9b707850e33246d48f4eda"
+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 5514 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
+
+Exempts emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5514** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5514.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **63–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Furtado — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
+- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
+- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/c9a76cb6-13ef-44d2-b973-5d5c33e7f598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+