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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT"
+description: "Repeals the \"Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act.\" Amends title 5 \"Businesses and Professions\" to include a new chapter 93, an amended \"Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 7603"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7603 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Craven", "Dawson", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "McNamara", "Place", "Rea", "Solomon", "Voas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-15"
+last_action: "2024-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09c94af-f936-47c5-9b86-bf01246350ab"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "02d0bb51802eb4d679497962a59fb3d1e75d6d2f876f58dd4f85c4d003de8692"
+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 7603 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT
+
+Repeals the "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act." Amends title 5 "Businesses and Professions" to include a new chapter 93, an amended "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7603 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7603Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Craven — primary (person)
+- Dawson — primary (person)
+- Edwards — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- Place — primary (person)
+- Rea — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+- Voas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2024)
+- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
+- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
+- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 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/a09c94af-f936-47c5-9b86-bf01246350ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+