republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/hb-5562.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.)	AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	HB 5562	Rhode Island HB 5562 (2023)	bill	Correctional Institutions Dept. of Corrections Human Services State Affairs	enacted	Batista DeSimone Diaz Edwards Giraldo Hull J. Lombardi Perez Slater Voas	1	14	1	2023-02-15	2023-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/112a7bff-5674-4795-bfb0-7cd5c83b5b17	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	74077cc2bd0ad1396e3e0087ba74e7b75f98341a43880c6eb0bca62986fa8c97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5562 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Provides additional earned time for good behavior or program participation or completion for prisoners not serving a life sentence.)

Version chain

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

1. 5562 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 62–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Batista — primary (person)
• DeSimone — primary (person)
• Diaz — primary (person)
• Edwards — primary (person)
• Giraldo — primary (person)
• Hull — primary (person)
• J. Lombardi — primary (person)
• Perez — primary (person)
• Slater — primary (person)
• Voas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 02/15/2023 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-31 03/31/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2023)
• 2023-04-04 04/04/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2023-04-28 04/28/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/02/2023)
• 2023-05-02 05/02/2023 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-05 05/05/2023 Placed on House Calendar (05/11/2023) reading-3
• 2023-05-11 05/11/2023 House read and passed passage
• 2023-05-15 05/15/2023 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 Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-19 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-23 06/23/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/112a7bff-5674-4795-bfb0-7cd5c83b5b17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).