---
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: "SB 469"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 469 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Commissions", "Electricity", "New Shoreham", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e2ff3e7-bc6e-46cf-b526-0299516ad081"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c82bda1c1082b24cdabdc83fe0bd4dabe7116be1abdbfd21c4d2dc1aaf006e4f"
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 469 (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. **469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0469.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** 03/07/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** 05/05/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/09/2023)
- **2023-05-09** 05/09/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2023)
- **2023-05-23** 05/23/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2023)
- **2023-06-06** 06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `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 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/5e2ff3e7-bc6e-46cf-b526-0299516ad081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).