---
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: "SB 354"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 354 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Bissaillon", "DiMario", "Dimitri", "Tikoian", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2be2a3a-2b40-4042-9715-73efe902501a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eedef255e98f7ea2c8828df9dbd2fb006224e0979f0a1bfd6e61e26198c5c2bb"
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 354 (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. **354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0354.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **64–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/25/2025)
- **2025-02-25** 02/25/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/25/2025)
- **2025-03-25** 03/25/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/01/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-25** 05/25/2025 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 the House Consent Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 House 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/a2be2a3a-2b40-4042-9715-73efe902501a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).