---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION"
description: "Makes a technical amendment to correctly reference a section of general law that allows for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Rhode Island organ transplant fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5388"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5388 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marszalkowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-07"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4048a578-cc4d-4014-b004-d7d5faa7ed0e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fee63f5f4f22746b4ee23c573bf00c794d417aa06301478323ef46bbfd0ea3bf"
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 5388 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION

Makes a technical amendment to correctly reference a section of general law that allows for a tax refund deduction for contributions to the Rhode Island organ transplant fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **5388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5388.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marszalkowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-07** 02/07/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** 03/03/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2025)
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-24** 05/24/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/4048a578-cc4d-4014-b004-d7d5faa7ed0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).