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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND BABY BOND TRUST"
description: "This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 761"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 761 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Felag", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f72bc30-7b7f-4b4e-ab5b-13224bd9bd5a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "8aa413f9a8381dfefb10ee92b401ac56852f165b1c2810ee75ca0b9aedaf62e2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 761 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCE -- RHODE ISLAND BABY BOND TRUST
This pilot program would create a $3,000 trust for each Rhode Island child ages zero to one year born to a family enrolled in the Rhode Island Works Program (“RI Works”) during the preceding calendar year.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **761 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0761A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **627** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **351** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** 03/11/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/13/2025)
- **2025-03-13** 03/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f72bc30-7b7f-4b4e-ab5b-13224bd9bd5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).