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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES (Establishes a new, temporary process in the department of children, youth and families, for the hiring of social workers and child protective investigators at the department for a one year period commencing on October 1, 2023.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES (Establishes a new, temporary process in the department of children, youth and families, for the hiring of social workers and child protective investigators at the department for a one year period commencing on October 1, 2023.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6375"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6375 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["DCYF", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Donovan", "McEntee", "Morales", "Solomon", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-05-05"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/017db9df-5a13-498b-a788-d0679697189c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "b2e5dd2b7ef20a9f502c6eb591cbe5d05ab8ded2e6eea0bda0e8726fce4c00fd"
+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 6375 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES (Establishes a new, temporary process in the department of children, youth and families, for the hiring of social workers and child protective investigators at the department for a one year period commencing on October 1, 2023.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6375 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6375A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Cotter — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2023)
+- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/017db9df-5a13-498b-a788-d0679697189c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+