republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5127.md

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Bill	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.)	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.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	HB 5127	Rhode Island HB 5127 (2023)	bill	Correctional Institutions Cultural Education Religion State Affairs	enacted	Bennett Caldwell Diaz Edwards Felix Hull J. Lombardi Morales Slater Vella-Wilkinson	1	17	1	2023-01-12	2023-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/96a573b8-5966-4213-bbd3-95f8e5cfd651	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	c12491b1a0577ebf3f927fbcc8eb081bd3176cfa10f147c4818b2b61474d2678	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5127 (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. 5127 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bennett — primary (person)
• Caldwell — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Felix — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• J. Lombardi — primary (person)
• Morales — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)
• Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-12 01/12/2023 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-02-03 02/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/07/2023)
• 2023-02-07 02/07/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-02-24 02/24/2023 Scheduled for consideration
• 2023-02-24 02/24/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/01/2023)
• 2023-04-28 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/04/2023)
• 2023-04-28 04/28/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2023-05-04 05/04/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-12 05/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2023) reading-3
• 2023-05-18 05/18/2023 House passed Sub A passage
• 2023-06-06 06/06/2023 Referred to Senate Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-06-10 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/13/2023)
• 2023-06-13 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-20 06/20/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96a573b8-5966-4213-bbd3-95f8e5cfd651. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).