---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Includes a tax sale as a transfer of property ownership that would trigger the past due balances of any PACE assessment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Includes a tax sale as a transfer of property ownership that would trigger the past due balances of any PACE assessment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 30 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Public Utilities", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DaPonte"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/891c835b-a8f1-423d-8cc3-4889ee0312f4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "10f902f4eca5bf8dcf7b131f26fce2cfe8d91ab8c378d58c5a9b5ee8baa6d296"
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 30 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - PROPERTY ASSESSED CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM (Includes a tax sale as a transfer of property ownership that would trigger the past due balances of any PACE assessment.)

## Version chain

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

1. **30 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0030A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DaPonte — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** 01/18/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Finance `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/07/2017)
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** 03/07/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/09/2017)
- **2017-03-09** 03/09/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-03-10** 03/10/2017 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 House passed Sub A 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/891c835b-a8f1-423d-8cc3-4889ee0312f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).