---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Defines core forest and preferred sites for the purposes of solar development, and adds commercial and industrial customers, and expands the Renewable Energy Growth program.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Defines core forest and preferred sites for the purposes of solar development, and adds commercial and industrial customers, and expands the Renewable Energy Growth program.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 5853"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5853 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Environment", "Highways", "Land/Landfills", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Kislak", "Knight", "McGaw", "Potter", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-01"
last_action: "2023-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1426001d-8c90-4795-b954-03c50fcdff17"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fda16754db2728a1eede94b26bed2633dca0f4155336dfd70b46fe31103d5dc5"
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 5853 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING (Defines core forest and preferred sites for the purposes of solar development, and adds commercial and industrial customers, and expands the Renewable Energy Growth program.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5853 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5853A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **57–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-01** 03/01/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2023-03-29** 03/29/2023 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (03/30/2023)
- **2023-04-03** 04/03/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/05/2023)
- **2023-04-05** 04/05/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-24** 06/24/2023 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/1426001d-8c90-4795-b954-03c50fcdff17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).