Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H7642: 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.)
Status: Chaptered, June 26, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 11, 2026:
2026 -- H 7642 ======== LC005100 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- DISTRICT COURT PRACTICE Introduced By: Representative Susan R. Donovan Date Introduced: February 11, 2026 Referred To: House Judiciary (Judiciary) It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Sections 9-12-10 and 9-12-10.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-12 entitled "District Court Practice" are hereby amended to read as follows: 9-12-10. Claim of appeal of superior court Claim of appeal to the superior court in civil cases. Except as otherwise provided, in all civil cases in the district court, any party may cause the case to be removed for trial on all questions of law and fact to the superior court for the county in which division the suit is pending by claiming an appeal from the judgment of the district court, in writing, filed with the clerk of the division within two (2) days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after the judgment is entered; provided, that the party claiming the appeal, at the time of claiming the appeal, shall pay to the clerk all costs, including an attorney's fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), for the party or parties adversely interested in the judgment, to be paid by the …
Sponsors
- Susan Donovan (D, HD-069) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Effective without Governor's signature
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Senate passed in concurrence
- : Placed on Senate Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage in concurrence
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Referred to Senate Judiciary
- : House read and passed
- : Placed on House Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage
Votes
- Senate Seq #511: (June 9, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Committee on Judiciary: Passage in concurrence (May 28, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Seq #129: PASSAGE (April 28, 2026): 68 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Committee on Judiciary: Passage (April 9, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE
Common questions
- What is H7642?
- H7642 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): 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.).
- What is the status of H7642?
- Chaptered as of June 26, 2026. Latest action: Effective without Governor's signature (June 26, 2026).
- Who sponsored H7642?
- Susan Donovan (D, HD-069).
- Where is the official record for H7642?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7642.pdf
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