---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Includes the Block Island Utility District as one of the electric companies that are exempt from offering retail access from nonregulated power producers to all customers.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Includes the Block Island Utility District as one of the electric companies that are exempt from offering retail access from nonregulated power producers to all customers.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 6047"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6047 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Electricity", "Energy", "New Shoreham", "Public Utilities Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9e3c36f-9adb-4870-97cc-9a9161afb17f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "887b7df6e375975cdb4cd02b43be76e89776cd5c32902f72171d01a5425a81b0"
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 6047 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Includes the Block Island Utility District as one of the electric companies that are exempt from offering retail access from nonregulated power producers to all customers.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H6047.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** 03/03/2023 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** 03/24/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2023)
- **2023-03-30** 03/30/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 House read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 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/a9e3c36f-9adb-4870-97cc-9a9161afb17f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).