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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 812"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 812 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Jury"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "Mack", "Quezada"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-23"
+last_action: "2023-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b810eec3-8a93-4d0e-9318-2dac6a7cf7c2"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1c66d378aa407719bee36fd8dc4418d897f268c8b6e234e6c4aa2e530e1bbf01"
+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 812 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0812.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **29–8** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
+- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b810eec3-8a93-4d0e-9318-2dac6a7cf7c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+