---
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: "SB 635"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 635 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Finance", "Labor", "State Affairs", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Britto", "Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Mack", "McKenney", "Tikoian"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf777bc5-7d1b-463b-b167-9abb953e3f8f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f65c7ef0a66f0444a82380a28d27d93eb206aefab8d7db898a30292258d0f579"
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 635 (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. **635** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0635.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bell — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `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 in concurrence `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 passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/bf777bc5-7d1b-463b-b167-9abb953e3f8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).