---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT"
description: "Establishes Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program to be administered by the general treasurer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7127"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7127 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Carson", "Craven", "Donovan", "Edwards", "McEntee", "Serpa", "Shanley", "Shekarchi", "Slater"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8e85111-1d10-4293-b9cc-c791f1049fb9"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8605fc11af0b2314ba0e0e0deca813b33027a31f924fa8052418228a7b439dd2"
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 7127 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT

Establishes Rhode Island Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program to be administered by the general treasurer.

## Version chain

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

1. **7127 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7127aa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **65–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)
- Shanley — primary (person)
- Shekarchi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2024)
- **2024-03-28** 03/28/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/b8e85111-1d10-4293-b9cc-c791f1049fb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).