---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LABOR STANDARDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (Adds a new chapter known as the Labor Standards in Renewable Energy Projects.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LABOR STANDARDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (Adds a new chapter known as the Labor Standards in Renewable Energy Projects.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2740"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2740 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Euer", "Goodwin", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-03-24"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df6b8008-d8a4-443a-97dc-d2a915700dfb"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "776e18a77b6e3255265335b64e7de70f496a89c0ab927c006c54da803506cdf2"
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 2740 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LABOR STANDARDS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS (Adds a new chapter known as the Labor Standards in Renewable Energy Projects.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2740 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2740B.pdf)

## Votes

- IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **60–9** (pass) · upper
- RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **4–32** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Euer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-24** 03/24/2022 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`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2022)
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** 05/19/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-26** 05/26/2022 Referred to House Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/df6b8008-d8a4-443a-97dc-d2a915700dfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).