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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 815"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 815 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Dimitri", "LaMountain", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Tikoian", "Vargas"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-14"
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last_action: "2025-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef402e21-9b3e-468b-a348-322eb30c724b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "9ccb1f0d5068594f260a9788a549400565009f97be3ab8d64a8240bd0b22bff8"
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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 815 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
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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.
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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. **815** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0815.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–2** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Dimitri — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Patalano — primary (person)
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- Thompson — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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- Vargas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
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- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
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- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/29/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/ef402e21-9b3e-468b-a348-322eb30c724b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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