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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Creates \"The Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act\" which requires public utilities to properly repair and repave roadways affected by the actions of the utility.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Creates \"The Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act\" which requires public utilities to properly repair and repave roadways affected by the actions of the utility.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 189"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 189 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Lynch Prata", "McCaffrey"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-31"
+last_action: "2019-07-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80c29936-91a3-426c-94f1-5d1b40219d61"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "0bf50406f376fcaea5d1e8684460ab192e4344b9947470ec089104d9fa18cc3a"
+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 SB 189 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - THE RHODE ISLAND UTILITY FAIR SHARE ROADWAY REPAIR ACT (Creates "The Rhode Island Utility Fair Share Roadway Repair Act" which requires public utilities to properly repair and repave roadways affected by the actions of the utility.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **189 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0189Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Approval of Amendment — **34–4** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Lynch Prata — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-31** 01/31/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-22** 03/22/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2019)
+- **2019-03-26** 03/26/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
+- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Proposed Substitute
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
+- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2019)
+- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-15** 07/15/2019 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/80c29936-91a3-426c-94f1-5d1b40219d61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+