---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 108"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 108 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Coyne", "Crowley", "Nesselbush", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e14bdcd5-3700-4124-8d5f-b43ab0a70dd8"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "fdf025f96b25de0848be4438eca10b69357b8feb335f8141d52debd92f22225c"
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 108 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RESILIENT RHODE ISLAND ACT OF 2014 - CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATING COUNCIL (Directs the climate change coordinating council to study a carbon pricing program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **108 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0108aa.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage as Amended — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- Approval of Amendment — **33–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Nesselbush — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** 02/01/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-02-24** 02/24/2017 Scheduled for hearing (03/01/2017)
- **2017-03-01** 03/01/2017 Committee heard
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for consideration (04/26/2017)
- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2017)
- **2017-05-04** 05/04/2017 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 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/e14bdcd5-3700-4124-8d5f-b43ab0a70dd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).