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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 SB 2975 Rhode Island SB 2975 (2026)
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Rhode Island SB 2975 (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. 2975 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • IN CONCURRENCE — 690 (pass) · upper
  • Passage — 370 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • McKenney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-03-04 03/04/2026 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
  • 2026-06-16 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/88628610-0db9-491e-a181-bed289f1e0b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).