---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5291"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5291 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-27"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae79c13e-2a8c-40ee-bb50-8b3655ee2079"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "3702e9adb8387105f99364cc2d9b83f44232684ecd9599ba5322523d32eb2ae5"
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 5291 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5291.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-27** 01/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **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
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2017)
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2017)
- **2017-03-29** 03/29/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2017)
- **2017-06-06** 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13** 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-19** 06/19/2017 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/ae79c13e-2a8c-40ee-bb50-8b3655ee2079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).