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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTION -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS Simplifies the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from small claims and consumer matters adjudicated by the district court. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 7643 Rhode Island HB 7643 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 7643 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE-- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTION -- SMALL CLAIMS AND CONSUMER CLAIMS

Simplifies the assessment of filing fees required to appeal from small claims and consumer matters adjudicated by the district court.

Version chain

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

  1. 7643 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 690 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Donovan — 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 recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-04-03 04/03/2026 Scheduled for consideration (04/09/2026)
  • 2026-04-09 04/09/2026 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
  • 2026-05-26 05/26/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2026)
  • 2026-05-28 05/28/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-09 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-24 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b094d53-23b4-44f1-8420-23473a8132d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).