republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2023/sb-653.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Requires the clerk of the court to return any bail money posted to the defendant or the person who provided the bail money at the time of judgment of the case and that the money shall not be used to pay costs, fines or restitution or any other assessment.)	AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Requires the clerk of the court to return any bail money posted to the defendant or the person who provided the bail money at the time of judgment of the case and that the money shall not be used to pay costs, fines or restitution or any other assessment.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2023	SB 653	Rhode Island SB 653 (2023)	bill	Business & Professions Courts Criminal Procedure Fees Finance	enacted	Acosta Burke Euer LaMountain Mack McKenney	1	15	3	2023-03-07	2023-06-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7dd8bff0-45a0-43d3-b618-ccd5a1465439	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	5d5c4b7b31adbee8096dc8664ee391eb0cbdf4fbbddf0689003e83e72d0853d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 653 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE (Requires the clerk of the court to return any bail money posted to the defendant or the person who provided the bail money at the time of judgment of the case and that the money shall not be used to pay costs, fines or restitution or any other assessment.)

Version chain

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

1. 653 SUB A as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AS AMENDED — 68–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 69–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Acosta — primary (person)
• Burke — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• LaMountain — primary (person)
• Mack — primary (person)
• McKenney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-07 03/07/2023 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
• 2023-05-26 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2023)
• 2023-05-31 05/31/2023 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2023-06-01 06/01/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-02 06/02/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-08 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A passage
• 2023-06-09 06/09/2023 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) passage
• 2023-06-15 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) reading-3
• 2023-06-16 06/16/2023 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence passage
• 2023-06-19 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-06-22 06/22/2023 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dd8bff0-45a0-43d3-b618-ccd5a1465439. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).