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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR DECOMMISSIONING PLANS"
+description: "Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, make publicly available model decommissioning plans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2808"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2808 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "DiMario", "Gu", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Miller", "Tikoian", "Valverde"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-22"
+last_action: "2024-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/957876d3-c0bd-4468-ab8c-088c327ed463"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d32451094a6cacc29a061988fdf01035470c383aa05e364ef07e4a77ee2282e1"
+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 2808 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR DECOMMISSIONING PLANS
+
+Requires that developers of ground-mounted solar systems submit a plan for decommissioning to be held on file by the municipality and requires DEM, with the office of energy resources, make publicly available model decommissioning plans.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2808 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2808A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- LaMountain — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Tikoian — primary (person)
+- Valverde — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/01/2024)
+- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
+- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2024) `reading-3`
+- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/957876d3-c0bd-4468-ab8c-088c327ed463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+