---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Same as 21H-6004 Sub A as amended --Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Same as 21H-6004 Sub A as amended --Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2118"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2118 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Coyne", "Felag", "Raptakis", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52c8814e-09e4-4a06-8623-403c727edae3"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b7922052d00eb6a8cd533cf6f13957eaea865294cccb2bd99a5771fb221b6036"
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 2118 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - MAIL BALLOTS (Same as 21H-6004 Sub A as amended --Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2118 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2118A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–14** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **25–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Raptakis — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 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`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2022)
- **2022-06-06** 06/06/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/52c8814e-09e4-4a06-8623-403c727edae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).