---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES (Establishes a new, temporary process in the department of children, youth and families, for the hiring of social workers and child protective investigators at the department for a one year period commencing on October 1, 2023.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES (Establishes a new, temporary process in the department of children, youth and families, for the hiring of social workers and child protective investigators at the department for a one year period commencing on October 1, 2023.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6375"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6375 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DCYF", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "Donovan", "McEntee", "Morales", "Solomon", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-05-05"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/017db9df-5a13-498b-a788-d0679697189c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b2e5dd2b7ef20a9f502c6eb591cbe5d05ab8ded2e6eea0bda0e8726fce4c00fd"
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 6375 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION -- DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES (Establishes a new, temporary process in the department of children, youth and families, for the hiring of social workers and child protective investigators at the department for a one year period commencing on October 1, 2023.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6375 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6375A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caldwell — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/24/2023)
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2023)
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A `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 Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/017db9df-5a13-498b-a788-d0679697189c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).