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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 2440"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2440 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archambault"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-02-15"
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last_action: "2018-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/097462a3-bad1-4da8-9d7b-7f20045f2f57"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "6939361b290f51950c6e2f5adb3228498a5a07d8d04fc69a577cb81652a07972"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 2440 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS - VOTER REGISTRATION (Requires the secretary of state to notify the appropriate elected official of a newly registered voter's most recent former place of residence, only if it is located outside of Rhode Island.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **2440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2440.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Archambault — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/03/2018)
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- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2018)
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- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2018)
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- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2018-05-31** 05/31/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-06-02** 06/02/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2018)
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- **2018-06-06** 06/06/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2018)
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- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2018-06-13** 06/13/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-06-18** 06/18/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/097462a3-bad1-4da8-9d7b-7f20045f2f57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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