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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 635"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 635 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Correctional Institutions", "Finance", "Labor", "State Affairs", "Wages"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bell", "Britto", "Euer", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Lauria", "Mack", "McKenney", "Tikoian"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-07"
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last_action: "2023-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf777bc5-7d1b-463b-b167-9abb953e3f8f"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f65c7ef0a66f0444a82380a28d27d93eb206aefab8d7db898a30292258d0f579"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 635 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT (Increases the maximum amount maintained in a prisoners account from one thousand dollars ($1,000) to two thousand dollars ($2,000), with said funds to be turned over to the prisoner at the time of their release from incarceration.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **635** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0635.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Acosta — primary (person)
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- Bell — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Lauria — primary (person)
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- Mack — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Tikoian — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2023)
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- **2023-03-21** 03/21/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
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- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2023)
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/13/2023)
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-20** 06/20/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf777bc5-7d1b-463b-b167-9abb953e3f8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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