republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2018/hb-7728.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Amends the time within which mail ballots must be returned to the state board of elections and the time to commence the counting of mail ballots on election day, from nine o'clock (9:00) p.m. to eight o'clock (8:00) p.m.)	AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Amends the time within which mail ballots must be returned to the state board of elections and the time to commence the counting of mail ballots on election day, from nine o'clock (9:00) p.m. to eight o'clock (8:00) p.m.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2018	HB 7728	Rhode Island HB 7728 (2018)	bill	Board of Elections Elections	enacted	Azzinaro Coughlin Maldonado	1	14	1	2018-02-28	2018-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/32e66fe1-d471-486d-8356-739a22243021	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	8312c1845c51bb50c59cf5d33b18c2a113785dcefb47acf08a30a128d8652488	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7728 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Amends the time within which mail ballots must be returned to the state board of elections and the time to commence the counting of mail ballots on election day, from nine o'clock (9:00) p.m. to eight o'clock (8:00) p.m.)

Version chain

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

1. 7728 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Azzinaro — primary (person)
• Coughlin — primary (person)
• Maldonado — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-28 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-30 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
• 2018-04-04 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2018-05-25 05/25/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2018)
• 2018-05-29 05/29/2018 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-01 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2018)
• 2018-06-06 06/06/2018 House read and passed passage
• 2018-06-07 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-06-08 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
• 2018-06-12 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-06-14 06/14/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2018-06-19 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-06-25 06/25/2018 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32e66fe1-d471-486d-8356-739a22243021. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).