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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Enables the governor to determine the salary of the director of the department of children, youth and families for the year 2023.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Enables the governor to determine the salary of the director of the department of children, youth and families for the year 2023.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6294"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6294 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DCYF", "Governor", "Merit System", "Public Officers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Felix", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-19"
+last_action: "2023-05-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50ba0ab8-015c-4acf-856e-1788a7837762"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "09d3b3faac22e2167e3505870cb379035bff507dbb72d4f800f9cefdc67a0d20"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 6294 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES -- MERIT SYSTEM (Enables the governor to determine the salary of the director of the department of children, youth and families for the year 2023.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6294** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6294.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2023)
+- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50ba0ab8-015c-4acf-856e-1788a7837762`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+