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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: "SB 2036"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2036 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Mack", "Murray", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-12"
+last_action: "2024-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4b5eca-7c01-4c81-9adb-525f9b9fc9db"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "fe6abefa412337f0de7da15c1eb65eba4dd2df0e317a6fe85c5d3e86faabe0b9"
+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 2036 (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. **2036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2036.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Acosta — primary (person)
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- Mack — primary (person)
+- Murray — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
+- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
+- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
+- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `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 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/9d4b5eca-7c01-4c81-9adb-525f9b9fc9db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+