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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- VICTIM'S RIGHTS"
+description: "Amends the current requirement of payment of initial filing fee/service of process costs when the victim of crime is still owed restitution at the expiration of the case/seeks to enforce the civil judgment entered at the time of the criminal disposition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2115"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2115 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "LaMountain", "Mack", "McKenney", "Miller", "Murray", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Tikoian"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb9d356b-a166-4094-aa2e-31a3d481de95"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "1ff723a781f8628b03450d7802ccf3740a8eb44eac28de5d6fcf17138abab14c"
+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 2115 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- VICTIM'S RIGHTS
+
+Amends the current requirement of payment of initial filing fee/service of process costs when the victim of crime is still owed restitution at the expiration of the case/seeks to enforce the civil judgment entered at the time of the criminal disposition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2115 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2115A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Quezada — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2024)
+- **2024-03-26** 03/26/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-23** 04/23/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2024)
+- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-04-25** 04/25/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-02** 05/02/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2024)
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/bb9d356b-a166-4094-aa2e-31a3d481de95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+