---
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: "SB 2725"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2725 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "Burke", "Dimitri", "LaMountain", "Mack"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-27"
last_action: "2026-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdaf2ff8-cc1e-4b4a-a3d1-0121e3a0ef1d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "0eb0a94d79db3a388aae3938831fbe05436490f8adc4305dc6e17e7e3265d78d"
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 2725 (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. **2725** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2725.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/07/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-05-01** 05/01/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/05/2026)
- **2026-05-05** 05/05/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House 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/fdaf2ff8-cc1e-4b4a-a3d1-0121e3a0ef1d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).