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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM Amends works program to provide eligibility for benefits to pregnant persons from onset of pregnancy including lawful permanent residents, increases monthly cash benefits, disallows termination of benefits for failure to work, limits monetary sanctions. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2024 HB 7686 Rhode Island HB 7686 (2024)
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Rhode Island HB 7686 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- THE RHODE ISLAND WORKS PROGRAM

Amends works program to provide eligibility for benefits to pregnant persons from onset of pregnancy including lawful permanent residents, increases monthly cash benefits, disallows termination of benefits for failure to work, limits monetary sanctions.

Version chain

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

  1. 7686 as amended (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • AS AMENDED — 526 (pass) · lower
  • PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — 546 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Batista — primary (person)
  • Cruz — primary (person)
  • Diaz — primary (person)
  • Handy — primary (person)
  • Kazarian — primary (person)
  • Morales — primary (person)
  • Potter — primary (person)
  • Sanchez — primary (person)
  • Slater — primary (person)
  • Vella-Wilkinson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-02-15 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Finance introduction, referral-committee
  • 2024-05-03 05/03/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2024)
  • 2024-05-09 05/09/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2024-06-13 06/13/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-14 06/14/2024 House passed as amended (floor amendment) passage
  • 2024-06-14 06/14/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) reading-3
  • 2024-06-14 06/14/2024 Senate passed as amended in concurrence passage
  • 2024-06-21 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2024-06-26 06/26/2024 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5417e0b-e8ec-4eb9-a015-9cc676813c09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).