---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Creates the \"Small Cell Siting Act\", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Creates the \"Small Cell Siting Act\", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 342"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 342 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DaPonte", "DiPalma", "Pearson", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/855bb955-7d5f-4314-a059-4a744ded5d5c"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "9db9c06d81ac490bfb209dda45baf90ce5605b4c7336fa24c958c48db4ad3fe6"
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 342 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Creates the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)

## Version chain

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

1. **342 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0342Baa.pdf)

## Votes

- In Concurrence — **31–1** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
- AS AMENDED — **60–2** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- DaPonte — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Meeting postponed (03/07/2017)
- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/855bb955-7d5f-4314-a059-4a744ded5d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).