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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to seven thousand dollars ($7,000).)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to seven thousand dollars ($7,000).)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 6237"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6237 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Claims", "Courts"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Batista", "Felix", "Kislak", "Knight", "McEntee", "Newberry"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-04-14"
+last_action: "2021-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02beff23-f265-43a1-9633-b4cf4b471d5d"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "eceec471954ef5afcbc3659d22c7c45449933d5655bc3ff86d0d85dea7135b78"
+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 HB 6237 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to seven thousand dollars ($7,000).)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6237 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6237A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Felix — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- Newberry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-04-14** 04/14/2021 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2021)
+- **2021-04-27** 04/27/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2021)
+- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2021)
+- **2021-06-21** 06/21/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/29/2021)
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/02beff23-f265-43a1-9633-b4cf4b471d5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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