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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 five thousand dollars ($5,000).)"
+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 five thousand dollars ($5,000).)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 133"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 133 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Claims", "Courts", "Finance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Murray", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-26"
+last_action: "2021-07-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55826dea-bd89-4e61-b187-2dfd443f639f"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1c7c171a0c492bc39625da032420931172351da46c3814ae30516f17a572b037"
+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 133 (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 five thousand dollars ($5,000).)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **133 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0133A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTION — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
+- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2021)
+- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
+- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
+- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House 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/55826dea-bd89-4e61-b187-2dfd443f639f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+