JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $320,000 FOR BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND (Appropriates $320,000 to Better Lives Rhode Island in support of the transitional housing program for women leaving incarceration.)

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JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $320,000 FOR BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND (Appropriates $320,000 to Better Lives Rhode Island in support of the transitional housing program for women leaving incarceration.)

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $320,000 FOR BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND (Appropriates $320,000 to Better Lives Rhode Island in support of the transitional housing program for women leaving incarceration.)

What This Bill Does

• JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $320,000 FOR BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND (Appropriates $320,000 to Better Lives Rhode Island in support of the transitional housing program for women leaving incarceration.)

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Official Summary Text

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $320,000 FOR BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND (Appropriates $320,000 to Better Lives Rhode Island in support of the transitional housing program for women leaving incarceration.)

Current Bill Text

H8533

2026 -- H 8533
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $320,000 FOR BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND

Introduced By:
Representative David P. Morales

Date Introduced:
May 08, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
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RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027,
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the sum of three hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($320,000) to Better Lives Rhode Island in
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support of the transitional housing program for women leaving incarceration; and the state
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controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw their orders upon the general treasurer for
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payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of
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properly authenticated vouchers.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $320,000 FOR BETTER LIVES RHODE ISLAND
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This resolution would appropriate $320,000 to Better Lives Rhode Island in support of
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the transitional housing program for women leaving incarceration.
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