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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2025 HB 5311 Rhode Island HB 5311 (2025)
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Rhode Island HB 5311 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS

Allows the board of elections to tabulate mail ballots in local special elections in the same manner as in tabulate mail ballots in statewide elections.

Version chain

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

  1. 5311 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 624 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Batista — primary (person)
  • Biah — primary (person)
  • Hull — primary (person)
  • Noret — primary (person)
  • Shanley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-05 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections introduction, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-14 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
  • 2025-03-18 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2025-03-28 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
  • 2025-04-03 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-18 04/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (04/24/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-04-24 04/24/2025 House read and passed passage
  • 2025-05-02 05/02/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2025-05-23 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
  • 2025-05-27 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-06 06/06/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/12/2025) reading-3
  • 2025-06-12 06/12/2025 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2025-06-13 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-17 06/17/2025 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85e75de8-82fb-4aef-b524-235e77d2941d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).