---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 812"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 812 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts", "Jury"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "Mack", "Quezada"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b810eec3-8a93-4d0e-9318-2dac6a7cf7c2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "1c66d378aa407719bee36fd8dc4418d897f268c8b6e234e6c4aa2e530e1bbf01"
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 812 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Allows persons who are on parole, a suspended sentence or on probation to serve on juries.)

## Version chain

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

1. **812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0812.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Quezada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/28/2023)
- **2023-03-28** 03/28/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-27** 06/27/2023 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/b810eec3-8a93-4d0e-9318-2dac6a7cf7c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).