---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires the state building code standards committee to revise the state energy conservation code to meet 2024 International Energy Conservation Code electric readiness provisions.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires the state building code standards committee to revise the state energy conservation code to meet 2024 International Energy Conservation Code electric readiness provisions.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 855"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 855 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Building Code", "Commercial Code", "Electricity", "Energy", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1211e173-26fe-40ba-8440-86a8cc34bd87"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "40220883e6548f5d11aa835f19d27912f914ca92e63d932993c914922b3cdec5"
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 855 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- STATE BUILDING CODE (Requires the state building code standards committee to revise the state energy conservation code to meet 2024 International Energy Conservation Code electric readiness provisions.)

## Version chain

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

1. **855 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0855A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **30–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/16/2023)
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Committee transferred to Senate Housing & Municipal Government
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2023)
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/1211e173-26fe-40ba-8440-86a8cc34bd87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).