---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 5618"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5618 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Handy", "Knight", "Regunberg", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-01"
last_action: "2017-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eedb9ec7-e7bd-4c81-a3f1-9f06e5c5079b"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "eb37891ce8cb16c843095ccd718972f8d68b989055efd88e08e694364d2b394e"
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 5618 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Makes educational institutions and nonprofit corporations established pursuant to chapter 6 of title 7 eligible for net-metering financing arrangements.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5618 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H5618Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **73–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **73–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Regunberg — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-17** 03/17/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2017)
- **2017-03-21** 03/21/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/16/2017)
- **2017-05-16** 05/16/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-19** 05/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2017)
- **2017-05-30** 05/30/2017 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-06-21** 06/21/2017 Referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Senate passed Sub A as amended 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/eedb9ec7-e7bd-4c81-a3f1-9f06e5c5079b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).