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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS"
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description: "Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7007"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7007 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Biah", "Corvese", "Dawson", "McEntee", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Shanley", "Solomon"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-07"
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last_action: "2026-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb9e7cc9-47be-486c-9c45-492e51389b71"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4c9cc0284d1cd2141969cd75bf002a007493c11b905635162cea6a41672884fb"
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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 HB 7007 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS
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Entitles disabled and military voters to utilize electronically transmitted ballots.
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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. **7007 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7007aa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- AS AMENDED — **61–8** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **68–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Azzinaro — primary (person)
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- Biah — primary (person)
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- Corvese — primary (person)
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- Dawson — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- Noret — primary (person)
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- O'Brien — primary (person)
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- Read — primary (person)
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- Shanley — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-07** 01/07/2026 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-09** 01/09/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/15/2026)
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- **2026-01-15** 01/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-01-23** 01/23/2026 Scheduled for consideration (01/27/2026)
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- **2026-01-27** 01/27/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Placed on House Calendar (02/05/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** 02/05/2026 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** 02/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Meeting postponed (02/24/2026)
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- **2026-02-23** 02/23/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
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- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/26/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 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/bb9e7cc9-47be-486c-9c45-492e51389b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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