---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 133"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 133 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Claims", "Courts", "Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Murray", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55826dea-bd89-4e61-b187-2dfd443f639f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1c7c171a0c492bc39625da032420931172351da46c3814ae30516f17a572b037"
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 133 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS (Increases the maximum amount to be recovered in civil court action as a small claims from two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to five thousand dollars ($5,000).)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **133 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0133A.pdf)

## Votes

- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTION — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2021)
- **2021-03-24** 03/24/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-03-25** 03/25/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/30/2021)
- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-04-01** 04/01/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2021)
- **2021-06-10** 06/10/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-03** 07/03/2021 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/55826dea-bd89-4e61-b187-2dfd443f639f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).