---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Prohibits nonregulated power producers from automatically renewing a contract. Mandates that the nonregulated power producer provide methods for the customer to cancel service and provide the customer with notice of the contract expiration date.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Prohibits nonregulated power producers from automatically renewing a contract. Mandates that the nonregulated power producer provide methods for the customer to cancel service and provide the customer with notice of the contract expiration date.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 399 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a18d9d-9527-42dc-8f90-29b4cb6f7d85"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "124507db65538ddaa084097713ab1808246d85f58634b4049df37a0af03548ea"
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 399 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Prohibits nonregulated power producers from automatically renewing a contract. Mandates that the nonregulated power producer provide methods for the customer to cancel service and provide the customer with notice of the contract expiration date.)

## Version chain

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

1. **399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0399.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** 04/26/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/30/2019)
- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-22** 06/22/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/25/2019)
- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/28/2019)
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-11** 07/11/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-16** 07/16/2019 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/d2a18d9d-9527-42dc-8f90-29b4cb6f7d85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).