---
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).