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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires the energy efficiency and resources management council to run a triennial competitive bid process to select an entity to propose and administer system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement until March 1, 2036.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires the energy efficiency and resources management council to run a triennial competitive bid process to select an entity to propose and administer system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement until March 1, 2036.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 634"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 634 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commissions", "Energy", "Environment", "Public Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-18"
+last_action: "2021-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f89e956f-b8d4-49c1-9642-cfc2691a8f1e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "8ba8f1e04ed515804c8977864dc811b87e97351149d2152cfd5aa1c79843f8c9"
+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 634 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires the energy efficiency and resources management council to run a triennial competitive bid process to select an entity to propose and administer system reliability and energy efficiency and conservation procurement until March 1, 2036.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **634 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0634B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **54–10** (pass) · upper
+- COMMISSION — **32–5** (pass) · upper
+- COMMISSION — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
+- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
+- **2021-05-26** 05/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
+- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/f89e956f-b8d4-49c1-9642-cfc2691a8f1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+