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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Requires that electors that cast emergency ballots in the 12 day period prior to any election day sign an electronic pollbook giving a reason why they cannot get to the polls and vote be cast immediately into a voting machine.) AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Requires that electors that cast emergency ballots in the 12 day period prior to any election day sign an electronic pollbook giving a reason why they cannot get to the polls and vote be cast immediately into a voting machine.) us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2020 SB 2598 Rhode Island SB 2598 (2020)
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Rhode Island SB 2598 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Requires that electors that cast emergency ballots in the 12 day period prior to any election day sign an electronic pollbook giving a reason why they cannot get to the polls and vote be cast immediately into a voting machine.)

Version chain

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

  1. 2598 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 670 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lynch Prata — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-02-25 02/25/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2020-07-03 07/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
  • 2020-07-09 07/09/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
  • 2020-07-13 07/13/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/16/2020)
  • 2020-07-15 07/15/2020 Proposed Substitute
  • 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
  • 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
  • 2020-07-16 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2020-07-17 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2020-07-22 07/22/2020 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ad75eee-32c0-44c0-8f04-cfcd66d47857. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).