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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: "SB 1071"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 1071 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Children and Families", "DCYF", "State Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "LaMountain", "Pearson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-05-25"
+last_action: "2023-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8d1aef4-b5fe-4090-94f7-67fdd43a27f2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "cdf3fa1d247c4a57654fdbd475ccdff9b3858bf3647096b18a75d3c481d19292"
+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 SB 1071 (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. **1071 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1071A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/30/2023)
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 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/f8d1aef4-b5fe-4090-94f7-67fdd43a27f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+