RI HB 7643
enactedAN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTION -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS
Rhode Island · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Simplifies the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from small claims and consumer matters adjudicated by the district court.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-11
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-06-24 — 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Donovanprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-11
02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
introduction,referral-committee
2026-02-19
02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
2026-02-26
02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
committee-failure
2026-04-03
04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2026)
2026-04-09
04/09/2026 Committee recommends passage
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-24
04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2026)
reading-3
2026-04-28
04/28/2026 House read and passed
passage
2026-05-01
05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-05-26
05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
2026-05-28
05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-05
06/05/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026)
reading-3
2026-06-09
06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence
passage
2026-06-16
06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
2026-06-24
06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature
became-law
Versions
- 7643Compare
Documents
Votes
PASSAGE
2026-04-28 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (75)
- Abney: yes
- Ackerman: yes
- Ajello: yes
- Alzate: yes
- Azzinaro: yes
- Baginski: yes
- Batista: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Biah: yes
- Blazejewski: yes
- Boylan: other
- Brien: yes
- Caldwell: yes
- Carson: yes
- Casey: yes
- Casimiro: yes
- Chippendale: yes
- Cortvriend: yes
- Corvese: yes
- Costantino: other
- Cotter: yes
- Craven: yes
- Cruz: yes
- Dawson: yes
- DeSimone: yes
- Diaz: other
- Donovan: yes
- Edwards: yes
- Fascia: yes
- Felix: yes
- Fellela: yes
- Finkelman: yes
- Fogarty: yes
- Furtado: yes
- Giraldo: yes
- Handy: yes
- Hopkins: yes
- Hull: yes
- Kazarian: yes
- Kennedy: yes
- Kislak: yes
- Knight: yes
- Lima: yes
- Lombardi: yes
- Marszalkowski: yes
- McEntee: yes
- McGaw: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Messier: yes
- Morales: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Nardone: yes
- Newberry: yes
- Noret: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Paplauskas: other
- Perez: yes
- Phillips: yes
- Place: yes
- Potter: yes
- Quattrocchi: other
- Read: yes
- Roberts: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Santucci: yes
- Serpa: yes
- ShallcrossSmith: yes
- Shanley: yes
- Slater: yes
- Solomon: yes
- Speakman: yes
- Spears: other
- Stewart: yes
- Tanzi: yes
- Voas: yes
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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