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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES"
+description: "Establishes a set service rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for the service of all writs, citations or subpoenas."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 8046"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8046 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Casey", "Corvese", "Dawson", "DeSimone", "Kennedy", "Noret", "Phillips", "Read"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a2f0c5-16d9-4f6a-90d6-2f135fe435bc"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "803b719d4574493b688e099ee45b58c25c49a155c797db24f01b4beb891e3e17"
+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 8046 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES
+
+Establishes a set service rate of seventy dollars ($70.00) for the service of all writs, citations or subpoenas.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H8046.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Azzinaro — primary (person)
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/09/2026)
+- **2026-04-09** 04/09/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
+- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/09/2026)
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/75a2f0c5-16d9-4f6a-90d6-2f135fe435bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+