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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 2119"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2119 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Coyne", "Euer", "F Lombardi", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "McCaffrey", "Miller"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-25"
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last_action: "2022-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ef7537f-f55b-40f2-a6b2-8a48081a7cb8"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "ca3c8b4db2ab0ad5f4eac4cbca9ea13bdd537de6cb60c2af0af3bb0a91634ca5"
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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 2119 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS (Allows the board of elections to begin the certification of mail ballots twenty (20) days prior to election day. It also establishes a new and more comprehensive mail ballot voter signature verification process.)
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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. **2119 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2119A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MAIL BALLOTS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Archambault — primary (person)
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- Ciccone — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- F Lombardi — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/15/2022)
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- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/12/2022)
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- **2022-04-11** 04/11/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/26/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-26** 04/26/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Referred to House State Government & Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
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- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 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/8ef7537f-f55b-40f2-a6b2-8a48081a7cb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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