---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT"
description: "Repeals the \"Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act.\" Amends title 5 \"Businesses and Professions\" to include a new chapter 93, an amended \"Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2801"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2801 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Cano", "DiMario", "Gu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab2e6d9-eb9d-47a9-887c-1dafb3f6b760"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "2a1946d66e01f9a603d209157899b9454b910d098e9112cf53e0b63f09091342"
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 2801 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY DISCLOSURE AND HOMEOWNERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT

Repeals the "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act." Amends title 5 "Businesses and Professions" to include a new chapter 93, an amended "Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act."

## Version chain

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

1. **2801 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2801Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-29** 04/29/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/22/2024)
- **2024-05-22** 05/22/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 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/3ab2e6d9-eb9d-47a9-887c-1dafb3f6b760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).