---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES"
description: "Increases the fees charged for filings and writs of execution in the district court, superior court and family court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7644"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7644 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Batista", "Cruz", "Dawson", "Felix", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "Noret", "Place"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-02-11"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/962654c8-b08d-4c35-bb69-d220fe37bef5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d2136570ef957013a2e299a8c7820968dc7de4844e6ee42855869cc89c22ccc6"
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 7644 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES

Increases the fees charged for filings and writs of execution in the district court, superior court and family court.

## Version chain

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

1. **7644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7644.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Cruz — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-11** 02/11/2026 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor
- **2026-03-20** 03/20/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2026)
- **2026-03-26** 03/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/16/2026)
- **2026-04-16** 04/16/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-24** 04/24/2026 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-28** 04/28/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
- **2026-05-28** 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 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/962654c8-b08d-4c35-bb69-d220fe37bef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).