---
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: "SB 904"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 904 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DCYF", "Dept. of Children", "Youth and Families", "Merit System", "Public Officers", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Ciccone", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Gallo", "Miller", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Zurier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03d7202f-a0b8-4f7e-91cb-9c41fbfa453a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d43c830188e9d99845c7a4cb9a95d3b167fd229a5838691aad3b026f212321fa"
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 904 (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. **904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0904.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **72–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Zurier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** 04/14/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-04-17** 04/17/2023 Meeting postponed (04/18/2023)
- **2023-04-19** 04/19/2023 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`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/23/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/25/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 House 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/03d7202f-a0b8-4f7e-91cb-9c41fbfa453a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).