---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
description: "Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7007"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7007 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Biah", "Corvese", "Dawson", "McEntee", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-07"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb9e7cc9-47be-486c-9c45-492e51389b71"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4c9cc0284d1cd2141969cd75bf002a007493c11b905635162cea6a41672884fb"
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 HB 7007 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS

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. **7007 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7007aa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **61–8** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Biah — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-07** 01/07/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/15/2026)
- **2026-01-15** 01/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration (01/27/2026)
- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Placed on House Calendar (02/05/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20** 02/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 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/bb9e7cc9-47be-486c-9c45-492e51389b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).