---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM"
description: "Establishes the renewable ready program and fund to promotes the responsible siting/development of renewable energy generating resources in locations where it would be an ancillary beneficial use to the redevelopment of previously contaminated property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7616"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7616 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Cotter", "McGaw", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbdbfa7c-8306-4573-b063-df52d9d201c5"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eb9bd0ee3b1bb42507e803cf63f7b5d7b13985a19e3ab2738d1fbcd229fe95b5"
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 7616 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM

Establishes the renewable ready program and fund to promotes the responsible siting/development of renewable energy generating resources in locations where it would be an ancillary beneficial use to the redevelopment of previously contaminated property.

## Version chain

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

1. **7616 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7616A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Cotter — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** 03/14/2024 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2024)
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/dbdbfa7c-8306-4573-b063-df52d9d201c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).