---
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: "SB 688"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 688 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/400e6038-d79d-4a36-947a-05f70ae17d8f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0aab25199750a84ed8fc60045a1a03bba776c858b0a35122b4d563a3b40b1c70"
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 688 (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. **688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0688.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2025)
- **2025-05-06** 05/06/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/13/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-14** 05/14/2025 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-24** 05/24/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House 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/400e6038-d79d-4a36-947a-05f70ae17d8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).