---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7134"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7134 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity", "Lieutenant Governor", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azzinaro", "Hull", "Messier", "Morin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71c01920-118c-42fa-9f14-1eb021ee91e4"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "956cbb9ea768472e47dc72417ed6326286ba1623195405429a3cca67bc593fab"
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 7134 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICE (Requires the public utilities commission to implement a purchase of receivables program where the electric distribution company purchases the receivables of a nonregulated power producer at a discount rate.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7134 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7134A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **58–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Morin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** 01/12/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2018)
- **2018-02-06** 02/06/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-26** 06/26/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** 06/29/2018 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/71c01920-118c-42fa-9f14-1eb021ee91e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).