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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5291"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5291 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-27"
+last_action: "2017-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae79c13e-2a8c-40ee-bb50-8b3655ee2079"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "3702e9adb8387105f99364cc2d9b83f44232684ecd9599ba5322523d32eb2ae5"
+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 5291 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5291.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
+- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2017)
+- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2017)
+- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2017)
+- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae79c13e-2a8c-40ee-bb50-8b3655ee2079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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