S2141 • 2026

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.)

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Zurier, McKenney, Bissaillon, Burke, Quezada, Tikoian, LaMountain
Last action: 2026-04-01
Official status: Referred to House Finance
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.)

What This Bill Does

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.)

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Bill History

2026-04-01 Rhode Island General Assembly
Referred to House Finance
2026-03-31 Senate
Senate read and passed
2026-03-27 Rhode Island General Assembly
Placed on Senate Calendar (03/31/2026)
2026-03-26 Committee
Committee recommends passage
2026-03-24 Rhode Island General Assembly
Scheduled for consideration (03/26/2026)
2026-03-12 Committee
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
2026-03-06 Rhode Island General Assembly
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/12/2026)
2026-01-16 Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary

Official Summary Text

AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES (Increases fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.)

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S2141

2026 -- S 2141
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES

Introduced By:
Senators Zurier, McKenney, Bissaillon, Burke, Quezada, Tikoian, and
LaMountain

Date Introduced:
January 16, 2026

Referred To:
Senate Judiciary
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 9-29-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-29 entitled "Fees" is hereby
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amended to read as follows:
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9-29-5. Jurors’ fees.
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(a) All grand and petit jurors shall be paid for each day’s attendance on the superior court
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twenty-five dollars ($25.00)

fifty dollars ($50.00)
per day commencing July 1,
2022

2026
, and
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thereafter. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sum as it may deem necessary to
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carry out the purposes of this section.
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(b) Any grand or petit juror may, upon signing a form approved by the presiding justice of
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the superior court, donate their jury fee to the state. Any such donation shall be deposited into the
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general fund and shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Veterans Home Community Living Center.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES
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This act would increase fees paid to jurors to fifty dollars ($50.00) per day.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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