---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION"
description: "Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers needs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2036"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2036 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Bissaillon", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Mack", "Murray", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-12"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4b5eca-7c01-4c81-9adb-525f9b9fc9db"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "fe6abefa412337f0de7da15c1eb65eba4dd2df0e317a6fe85c5d3e86faabe0b9"
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 2036 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers needs.

## Version chain

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

1. **2036** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2036.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12** 01/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/05/2024)
- **2024-03-05** 03/05/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-04-26** 04/26/2024 Scheduled for consideration (04/30/2024)
- **2024-04-30** 04/30/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-01** 05/01/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/07/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/9d4b5eca-7c01-4c81-9adb-525f9b9fc9db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).