---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Allows jurors to donate their juror fees to the state. Any such donation would be deposited into the general fund.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Allows jurors to donate their juror fees to the state. Any such donation would be deposited into the general fund.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 609"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 609 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Organizations", "Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Fees", "Jury"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Paolino", "Pearson", "Quezada", "Rogers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36388c16-8973-4d14-a255-9a77cecde371"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c210aefbded4f9a47adc657a065cfddf1ac4183d184f26fd2a3bbe1afef6865e"
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 609 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Allows jurors to donate their juror fees to the state. Any such donation would be deposited into the general fund.)

## Version chain

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

1. **609 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0609A.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)
- Rogers — 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
- **2021-05-07** 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2021)
- **2021-05-13** 05/13/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
- **2021-06-16** 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 `passage`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 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/36388c16-8973-4d14-a255-9a77cecde371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).