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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires the state building code standards committee to revise the state energy conservation code to meet 2024 International Energy Conservation Code electric readiness provisions.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires the state building code standards committee to revise the state energy conservation code to meet 2024 International Energy Conservation Code electric readiness provisions.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 855"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 855 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Building Code", "Commercial Code", "Electricity", "Energy", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gu"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-30"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1211e173-26fe-40ba-8440-86a8cc34bd87"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "40220883e6548f5d11aa835f19d27912f914ca92e63d932993c914922b3cdec5"
+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 855 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires the state building code standards committee to revise the state energy conservation code to meet 2024 International Energy Conservation Code electric readiness provisions.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **855 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0855A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **30–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gu — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
+- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee transferred to Senate Housing & Municipal Government
+- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2023)
+- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/1211e173-26fe-40ba-8440-86a8cc34bd87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+