---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2440"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2440 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/097462a3-bad1-4da8-9d7b-7f20045f2f57"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "6939361b290f51950c6e2f5adb3228498a5a07d8d04fc69a577cb81652a07972"
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 2440 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2440.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2018)
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2018)
- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2018)
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2018)
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 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/097462a3-bad1-4da8-9d7b-7f20045f2f57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).