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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT"
+description: "Establishes the thermal energy network & jobs act facilitating study of the technology to determine if goals can be met by implementing thermal energy networks in Rhode Island/creates a task force of interested parties to be an advisory committee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 3080"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 3080 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "McKenney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-03-13"
+last_action: "2026-06-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34eecb8e-7c03-4668-bc23-a101979f20b8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "bc578a361cdc21c458715fcd46e23281da8f21543608b0f87f8a52cfd321f7e2"
+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 3080 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT
+
+Establishes the thermal energy network & jobs act facilitating study of the technology to determine if goals can be met by implementing thermal energy networks in Rhode Island/creates a task force of interested parties to be an advisory committee.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **3080 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3080B.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
+- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bissaillon — primary (person)
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/20/2026)
+- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub B `passage`
+- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34eecb8e-7c03-4668-bc23-a101979f20b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+