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legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5641.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Expands use of public utilities reserve fund to state court appeals to and regulatory matters before federal agencies and increase amount chargeable to public utility to $750,000 but not more than $250,000 for administrator’s representation of state.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Expands use of public utilities reserve fund to state court appeals to and regulatory matters before federal agencies and increase amount chargeable to public utility to $750,000 but not more than $250,000 for administrator’s representation of state.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 5641"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5641 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Adm/Public Utilities", "Public Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Johnston", "Kazarian", "Kennedy", "Messier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-03-01"
+last_action: "2017-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33333809-bb74-40a5-96bf-787a541f137a"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "3ab9707c88d0f272a6af39e636d0c3713c08491e8988f141244c13b28085ae89"
+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 5641 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Expands use of public utilities reserve fund to state court appeals to and regulatory matters before federal agencies and increase amount chargeable to public utility to $750,000 but not more than $250,000 for administrator’s representation of state.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5641** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5641.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Johnston — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Messier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
+- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
+- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2017-04-03** 04/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/05/2017)
+- **2017-04-05** 04/05/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-11** 04/11/2017 Placed on House Calendar (04/12/2017)
+- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/20/2017)
+- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
+- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 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/33333809-bb74-40a5-96bf-787a541f137a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+