---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES"
description: "Increases the maximum fees payable to sheriffs, sergeants, and constables for the service of writs, citations, or subpoenas, from $45.00 to $70.00."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5070"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5070 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Corvese", "Finkelman", "Hull", "Kennedy", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41116ffa-3ccd-4695-bb66-f43f9b8604af"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "61136e34532830f00290fa931576f76910610d4cfc810463726f1c1b86f1b1cd"
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 5070 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES

Increases the maximum fees payable to sheriffs, sergeants, and constables for the service of writs, citations, or subpoenas, from $45.00 to $70.00.

## Version chain

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

1. **5070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5070.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Finkelman — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** 01/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/04/2025)
- **2025-02-04** 02/04/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-24** 05/24/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 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/41116ffa-3ccd-4695-bb66-f43f9b8604af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).