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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 6491"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6491 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Dawson", "Felix", "J. Lombardi", "Knight", "McEntee", "Potter", "Sanchez", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-06-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb754a35-5531-4962-a9fb-b28ffefebe16"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "bfba49b6c1b071b31459c008afef012b16078915c1d78d6f0deb687bb09a6a3f"
+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 6491 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6491.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- J. Lombardi — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Sanchez — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2023)
+- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House read and passed `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 in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 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/bb754a35-5531-4962-a9fb-b28ffefebe16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+