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| Bill | AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS | Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service. | us/states/ri | Rhode Island General Assembly | 2024 | SB 2778 | Rhode Island SB 2778 (2024) |
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1 | 14 | 2 | 2024-03-08 | 2024-06-17 | openstates | ocd-bill/80911a6c-7544-4046-931e-1f72a6da4ff9 | https://status.rilegislature.gov/ | 19d019dc872afc4a1580c397d025edcbb881ba9b9fe372d92202ed866dbfc8b6 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Rhode Island SB 2778 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- 2778 SUB A (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — 62–4 (pass) · upper
- Passage — 35–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-03-08 03/08/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary
introduction, referral-committee - 2024-04-05 04/05/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/11/2024)
- 2024-04-11 04/11/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure - 2024-05-24 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- 2024-05-27 05/27/2024 Meeting postponed (05/28/2024)
- 2024-05-27 05/27/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2024)
- 2024-05-29 05/29/2024 Proposed Substitute
substitution - 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-05-30 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024)
reading-3 - 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A
passage - 2024-06-04 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024)
reading-3 - 2024-06-06 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence
passage - 2024-06-12 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt - 2024-06-17 06/17/2024 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80911a6c-7544-4046-931e-1f72a6da4ff9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).