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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Corrects the address of the Board of Elections, for purposes of mail ballots, due to their relocation from Providence to Cranston.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Corrects the address of the Board of Elections, for purposes of mail ballots, due to their relocation from Providence to Cranston.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2162"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2162 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cranston", "Elections", "Providence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/598a4a75-5c31-4bf5-beef-2e43746bfb90"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "aadeb657b0ba2a4feba790a060141b5b828c6e9d264387ecc896e23b73c802bd"
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 2162 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (Corrects the address of the Board of Elections, for purposes of mail ballots, due to their relocation from Providence to Cranston.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2162 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2162aa.pdf)
## Votes
- AS AMENDED — **5418** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **6110** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **2512** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **330** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **330** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-30** 01/30/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** 01/31/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2020)
- **2020-02-04** 02/04/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** 02/11/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (02/13/2020)
- **2020-02-13** 02/13/2020 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** 02/14/2020 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2020)
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19** 06/19/2020 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/598a4a75-5c31-4bf5-beef-2e43746bfb90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).