---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
description: "Eliminates requirement of signing with an \"X\" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2778"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2778 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Mack", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-08"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80911a6c-7544-4046-931e-1f72a6da4ff9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "19d019dc872afc4a1580c397d025edcbb881ba9b9fe372d92202ed866dbfc8b6"
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 2778 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS

Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.

## Version chain

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

1. **2778 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2778A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–4** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-08** 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- **2024-04-11** 04/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- **2024-05-27** 05/27/2024 Meeting postponed (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-27** 05/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/80911a6c-7544-4046-931e-1f72a6da4ff9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).