---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT SECRETARIES, COURT REPORTERS, AND ELECTRONIC COURT REPORTERS"
description: "Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6159"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6159 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven", "Knight", "McEntee", "Noret"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-02"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53576ee0-6d2e-4b02-8146-591eebddceb1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "04a3dc14b5d3d848022f0567052beb391a5897ae429df13b5be4d703ec7782f6"
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 6159 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- COURTS -- COURT SECRETARIES, COURT REPORTERS, AND ELECTRONIC COURT REPORTERS

Increases the per page transcription fees for court reporters in court proceedings.

## Version chain

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

1. **6159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6159.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **63–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craven — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/24/2025)
- **2025-04-24** 04/24/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/22/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** 05/22/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/53576ee0-6d2e-4b02-8146-591eebddceb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).