---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2274"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2274 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Euer", "Felag", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/123f82eb-fbbb-480b-a1d2-a8f333a2e72f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c4b9efb634c8b8a21a4cad093f1a7d8650fdd921a149f555f47b7aad6e5afc46"
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 2274 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2274 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2274Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2022)
- **2022-03-31** 03/31/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/24/2022)
- **2022-05-23** 05/23/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-25** 05/25/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/31/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2022-06-02** 06/02/2022 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/123f82eb-fbbb-480b-a1d2-a8f333a2e72f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).