---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 373"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 373 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Cultural", "Education", "Public Officers", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "Mack", "Murray"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/570d9c47-f106-4b32-8725-bb59e1c1db03"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c7851aae509873ac810847ec9ed80a14e8389171b7d419153f1cdcde79061d28"
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 373 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT-- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Directs the department of corrections to collect information from individuals entering its custody: sex, race, nativity (country of origin), religion, and level of education.)

## Version chain

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

1. **373 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0373aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **31–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** 02/16/2023 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`
- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 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/570d9c47-f106-4b32-8725-bb59e1c1db03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).