---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7277"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7277 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Handy", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Potter", "Ruggiero", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc7d649-8c63-43ac-910c-2f19a888d940"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "b066d516b5273034a8275071f7d2e5d9d4d34e97773cdca878bed665fe2bd88e"
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 7277 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7277 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7277A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **56–13** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–56** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Potter — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2022)
- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/8dc7d649-8c63-43ac-910c-2f19a888d940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).