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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION"
+description: "Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7017"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7017 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Cortvriend", "Handy", "Kislak", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Morales", "Place", "Slater", "Stewart"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2024-01-05"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9692af76-d615-4ab6-8a90-a113724e4fc8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "946c054389064970768b70111fce8393dd35d5ee48ffab4dffa5b22de45e9a48"
+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 7017 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
+
+Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7017.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Caldwell — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Slater — primary (person)
+- Stewart — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
+- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/9692af76-d615-4ab6-8a90-a113724e4fc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+