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---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- ARBITRATION"
description: "Spells out additional notice provisions, fees and costs of the arbitration process, from initiation to default provisions and potential court sanctions for breach of the arbitration agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7952"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7952 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craven"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c461b26f-a6c9-4ef8-9091-665bd88c210a"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "36206613bc42fa9fc29053525626546da13795658aab46deb2095bb3eea9a2ab"
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 HB 7952 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE IN PARTICULAR ACTIONS -- ARBITRATION
Spells out additional notice provisions, fees and costs of the arbitration process, from initiation to default provisions and potential court sanctions for breach of the arbitration agreement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **7952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7952.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **720** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Craven — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2024)
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-18** 04/18/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/24/2024)
- **2024-04-24** 04/24/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Placed on House Calendar (04/30/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 House read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-13** 05/13/2024 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2024)
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-29** 06/29/2024 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/c461b26f-a6c9-4ef8-9091-665bd88c210a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).