---
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).