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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 2598"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2598 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Board of Elections", "Elections"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lynch Prata"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-02-25"
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last_action: "2020-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ad75eee-32c0-44c0-8f04-cfcd66d47857"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "b058943e6c897b0a730ddffee8b807f07c68e9bc99f1067235ced4983a5e1ee6"
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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 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.)
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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. **2598 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/SenateText20/S2598A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-02-25** 02/25/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2020-07-03** 07/03/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (07/09/2020)
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- **2020-07-09** 07/09/2020 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2020-07-13** 07/13/2020 Scheduled for consideration (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-15** 07/15/2020 Proposed Substitute
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 Placed on House Calendar (07/16/2020)
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- **2020-07-16** 07/16/2020 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2020-07-17** 07/17/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-22** 07/22/2020 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/2ad75eee-32c0-44c0-8f04-cfcd66d47857`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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