---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT (Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT (Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2007"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2007 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "Euer", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c99f8099-da99-4ee8-89c2-c023a7fd752e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "621d4fb7d69a8cbf0b106341d3c347bd7759cda8fb17b2458c9097f6362b5a59"
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 2007 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- LET RI VOTE ACT (Allows voting by mail without needing an excuse/improves voter roll cleanup/allows applying for mail ballots through online system/allows nursing home residents to receive mail ballot applications automatically/codifies mail ballot drop box requirements.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2007 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2007A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **55–10** (pass) · upper
- LET RI VOTE ACT — **31–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** 01/06/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2022)
- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/12/2022)
- **2022-04-11** 04/11/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/26/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 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/c99f8099-da99-4ee8-89c2-c023a7fd752e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).