---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Raises the juror's fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from $15.00 per day to $25.00 per day commencing July 1, 2022, and increases to $35.00 per day commencing July 1, 2023, and thereafter.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Raises the juror's fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from $15.00 per day to $25.00 per day commencing July 1, 2022, and increases to $35.00 per day commencing July 1, 2023, and thereafter.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 600"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 600 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Fees", "Labor", "Wages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paolino", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Rogers", "de la Cruz"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aff383bc-b063-48c7-9565-84dabc854ab6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4edd06d4f5bbabd51a0f5a82204c0639a9bcdf180530b14fcc3eba3601f9d38d"
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 600 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE--PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Raises the juror's fees for each day's attendance on the superior court from $15.00 per day to $25.00 per day commencing July 1, 2022, and increases to $35.00 per day commencing July 1, 2023, and thereafter.)

## Version chain

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

1. **600 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0600A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- -- FEES — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paolino — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Rogers — primary (person)
- de la Cruz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** 03/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2021)
- **2021-03-29** 03/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-06** 05/06/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/11/2021)
- **2021-05-11** 05/11/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-12** 05/12/2021 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 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/aff383bc-b063-48c7-9565-84dabc854ab6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).