---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Allows recovery for the past due balance of any PACE assessment on a transfer of commercial property ownership at a tax sale by a PACE lien against the transferee.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Allows recovery for the past due balance of any PACE assessment on a transfer of commercial property ownership at a tax sale by a PACE lien against the transferee.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5199"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5199 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Environment", "Public Utilities", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e3ed80b-9546-4a08-b447-6a9aeeecb178"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "a4312693c881ce4fcc5ccd065a5d496f6de9f855e9cc6ac40be1893d933fea98"
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 5199 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Allows recovery for the past due balance of any PACE assessment on a transfer of commercial property ownership at a tax sale by a PACE lien against the transferee.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **5199 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5199A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** 01/25/2017 Introduced, referred to House Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-06** 02/06/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-02-08** 02/08/2017 Meeting postponed (02/09/2017)
- **2017-02-10** 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
- **2017-02-14** 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-04-25** 04/25/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/27/2017)
- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-13** 07/13/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 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/4e3ed80b-9546-4a08-b447-6a9aeeecb178`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).