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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND BABY BOND TRUST"
+description: "This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6071"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6071 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Diaz", "Felix", "Giraldo", "Kislak", "Potter", "Solomon", "Stewart", "Tanzi", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-12"
+last_action: "2025-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13b3a5fe-b056-4e64-a8ac-cb126ae16b97"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "02e854127e8b6378536426869021e686bd6446cbaf243bf92ec17512b5f5a391"
+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 6071 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND BABY BOND TRUST
+
+This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6071 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6071A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **62–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
+- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 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/13b3a5fe-b056-4e64-a8ac-cb126ae16b97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+