---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DISTRICT COURT PRACTICE"
description: "Provides amendments to the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from certain matters adjudicated by the district court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3047"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3047 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Appollonio", "Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Patalano", "Thompson", "Urso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-05"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6be336bb-7d08-46e7-a60e-4be61bb28d0b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "63b04f237c7fe80ff116f313ef9b1c6f1a7acc195db3fecbc4dae4c5424423d9"
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 3047 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DISTRICT COURT PRACTICE

Provides amendments to the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from certain matters adjudicated by the district court.

## Version chain

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

1. **3047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3047.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Appollonio — primary (person)
- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Patalano — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-05** 03/05/2026 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 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 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-26** 06/26/2026 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/6be336bb-7d08-46e7-a60e-4be61bb28d0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).