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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT SECRETARIES, COURT REPORTERS, AND ELECTRONIC COURT REPORTERS"
+description: "Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 354"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 354 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "DiMario", "Dimitri", "Tikoian", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-21"
+last_action: "2025-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2be2a3a-2b40-4042-9715-73efe902501a"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "eedef255e98f7ea2c8828df9dbd2fb006224e0979f0a1bfd6e61e26198c5c2bb"
+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 354 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT SECRETARIES, COURT REPORTERS, AND ELECTRONIC COURT REPORTERS
+
+Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0354.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Appollonio — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Dimitri — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
+- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
+- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
+- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/a2be2a3a-2b40-4042-9715-73efe902501a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+