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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Includes the Block Island Utility District as one of the electric companies that are exempt from offering retail access from nonregulated power producers to all customers.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Includes the Block Island Utility District as one of the electric companies that are exempt from offering retail access from nonregulated power producers to all customers.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 469"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 469 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Commissions", "Electricity", "New Shoreham", "Public Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e2ff3e7-bc6e-46cf-b526-0299516ad081"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c82bda1c1082b24cdabdc83fe0bd4dabe7116be1abdbfd21c4d2dc1aaf006e4f"
+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 469 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Includes the Block Island Utility District as one of the electric companies that are exempt from offering retail access from nonregulated power producers to all customers.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0469.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2023)
+- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
+- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/5e2ff3e7-bc6e-46cf-b526-0299516ad081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+