---
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: "HB 7603"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7603 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Craven", "Dawson", "Edwards", "Kennedy", "McNamara", "Place", "Rea", "Solomon", "Voas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09c94af-f936-47c5-9b86-bf01246350ab"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "02d0bb51802eb4d679497962a59fb3d1e75d6d2f876f58dd4f85c4d003de8692"
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 7603 (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. **7603 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7603Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Dawson — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- Place — primary (person)
- Rea — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)
- Voas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2024)
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2024)
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-10** 05/10/2024 Placed on House Calendar (05/14/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-14** 05/14/2024 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 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/a09c94af-f936-47c5-9b86-bf01246350ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).