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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LONG TERM CONTRACTING STANDARDS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY"
+description: "Allows for the procurement of nuclear power."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5575"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5575 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Kennedy", "Lima", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Santucci", "Solomon"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-26"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7773de91-2f94-46ef-9f78-80148014dcfd"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ca1a37bd5218e9dc11c27b613696e36c582ac536eb22d910c1c604f94cc58793"
+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 5575 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LONG TERM CONTRACTING STANDARDS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
+
+Allows for the procurement of nuclear power.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5575 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5575A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey — primary (person)
+- Kennedy — primary (person)
+- Lima — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Read — primary (person)
+- Santucci — primary (person)
+- Solomon — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2025)
+- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 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`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 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 Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 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/7773de91-2f94-46ef-9f78-80148014dcfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+