---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT (Requires the Rhode Island office of energy resources, in consultation with the building commission to promulgate rules and regulations to create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT (Requires the Rhode Island office of energy resources, in consultation with the building commission to promulgate rules and regulations to create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5575"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5575 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Cities & Towns", "Electricity", "Dept. of Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Donovan", "Regunberg", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12611cea-991d-4af9-929b-adeb566584b1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "32ce02eb77ac91215ffd16045b3d2314d00c48fdafde331f24adaa5d58d6265e"
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 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT (Requires the Rhode Island office of energy resources, in consultation with the building commission to promulgate rules and regulations to create a statewide solar photovoltaic permit application.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5575.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2017)
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-08** 05/08/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/18/2017)
- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 House read and passed `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 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/12611cea-991d-4af9-929b-adeb566584b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).