republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-609.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Allows jurors to donate their juror fees to the state. Any such donation would be deposited into the general fund.)	AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Allows jurors to donate their juror fees to the state. Any such donation would be deposited into the general fund.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 609	Rhode Island SB 609 (2021)	bill	Charitable Organizations Civil Procedure Courts Fees Jury	enacted	Goodwin Paolino Pearson Quezada Rogers	1	17	2	2021-03-11	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/36388c16-8973-4d14-a255-9a77cecde371	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	c210aefbded4f9a47adc657a065cfddf1ac4183d184f26fd2a3bbe1afef6865e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 609 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Allows jurors to donate their juror fees to the state. Any such donation would be deposited into the general fund.)

Version chain

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

1. 609 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• -- FEES — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• -- FEES — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Paolino — primary (person)
• Pearson — primary (person)
• Quezada — primary (person)
• Rogers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-11 03/11/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 03/26/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2021)
• 2021-03-29 03/29/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-05-07 05/07/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/13/2021)
• 2021-05-13 05/13/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-14 05/14/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/18/2021)
• 2021-05-18 05/18/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-05-19 05/19/2021 Referred to House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2021)
• 2021-06-16 06/16/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-18 06/18/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 06/23/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/25/2021)
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2021)
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36388c16-8973-4d14-a255-9a77cecde371. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).