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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTION -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS"
+description: "Simplifies the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from small claims and consumer matters adjudicated by the district court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7643"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7643 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Donovan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-11"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b094d53-23b4-44f1-8420-23473a8132d4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "5e75199b997f4d4e0f22e4c363d781eff8862746d74b85ae6a88a2d3f1e5c815"
+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 7643 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTION -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS
+
+Simplifies the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from small claims and consumer matters adjudicated by the district court.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7643** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7643.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
+- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2026)
+- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
+- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/7b094d53-23b4-44f1-8420-23473a8132d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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