---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 727"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 727 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of Corrections", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Britto", "Euer", "F. Lombardi", "Gu", "Kallman", "Mack", "McKenney", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dd8403c-5792-4e50-ab5c-513806c9ef57"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0c67d28fc763cd287d5abce7cf82d397744b1e1a71aa07ff0e2f1bd3f2d4077c"
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 727 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0727.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–3** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- F. Lombardi — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-22** 03/22/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/01/2023)
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/9dd8403c-5792-4e50-ab5c-513806c9ef57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).