---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Allows voters making a mark rather than signature to vote with proof of identity by affirming their mark to the electronic pollbook without need for an affidavit by election supervisors.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Allows voters making a mark rather than signature to vote with proof of identity by affirming their mark to the electronic pollbook without need for an affidavit by election supervisors.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 608"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 608 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Computer Technology", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Crowley", "DiPalma", "Metts", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b06eb550-d590-432c-bdcb-59811e323949"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "375c4614ec8b94b16248c71e81fdf31a701805961bd0b550c75342e807f6310e"
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 608 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES (Allows voters making a mark rather than signature to vote with proof of identity by affirming their mark to the electronic pollbook without need for an affidavit by election supervisors.)

## Version chain

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

1. **608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0608.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Metts — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** 03/14/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** 03/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2019)
- **2019-03-21** 03/21/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/b06eb550-d590-432c-bdcb-59811e323949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).