AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- FEES

HB 6049 proposes to increase the daily compensation for grand and petit jurors serving in superior court. This bill would raise the juror fee from twenty-five dollars to fifty dollars per day, with the change taking effect on July 1, 2025. Additionally, the bill includes a provision allowing jurors to donate their daily fee to the state, with these funds specifically allocated to the Rhode Island Veterans Home Community Living Center. The General Assembly would be required to annually appropriate funds to cover these juror fees.