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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"
+description: "Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5484"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5484 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff76ba8-9b55-4189-8568-224585bae8d4"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "53ef8844b8e0231cdb90a3c95346659d53d0d5bc9f5d3512a841760f641935cb"
+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 5484 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
+
+Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5484 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5484A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
+- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/cff76ba8-9b55-4189-8568-224585bae8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+