---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
description: "Allows eligible disabled and military voters to continue to utilize electronically transmitted ballots as originally enacted in 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2341"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2341 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LaMountain"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ca7745c-0709-4334-9ee0-4b06acf46584"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "175d92483ce02314960397b702a28f1cb6285c10968507c4d99c218603646c4a"
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 2341 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS

Allows eligible disabled and military voters to continue to utilize electronically transmitted ballots as originally enacted in 2022.

## Version chain

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

1. **2341 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2341A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **33–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LaMountain — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** 01/29/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, 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)
- **2026-02-25** 02/25/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** 03/03/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Placed on House Calendar (03/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 House passed Sub A 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/7ca7745c-0709-4334-9ee0-4b06acf46584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).