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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT (Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT (Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7971"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7971 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Carson", "Cassar", "Edwards", "Handy", "Kazarian", "McNamara", "Potter", "Williams"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-11"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76cea182-09bc-4c21-befa-1ba51a696238"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d4bf4150dce2b01e46932176cfdc7dc4c990db8051799a8dfa25ce11151d33d5"
+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 7971 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT (Amends the affordable clean energy security act and the long-term contracting standard for renewable energy.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7971 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7971A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **60–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cassar — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Potter — primary (person)
+- Williams — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-11** 03/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2022)
+- **2022-04-12** 04/12/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/76cea182-09bc-4c21-befa-1ba51a696238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+