---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM"
description: "Establishes the renewable ready program and fund to promotes the responsible siting/development of renewable energy generating resources in locations where it would be an ancillary beneficial use to the redevelopment of previously contaminated property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2293"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2293 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "DiMario", "Euer", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Miller", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/760cb4be-efa2-417b-b6c7-f067469339c1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "30da06e19552fb0d5b94edaec45525d023f4d86fb0b406420c32f187fea104ab"
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 2293 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RENEWABLE READY PROGRAM

Establishes the renewable ready program and fund to promotes the responsible siting/development of renewable energy generating resources in locations where it would be an ancillary beneficial use to the redevelopment of previously contaminated property.

## Version chain

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

1. **2293 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2293Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- Approval of Amendment — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** 02/12/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/06/2024)
- **2024-03-06** 03/06/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2024)
- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/16/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 House passed Sub A as amended 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/760cb4be-efa2-417b-b6c7-f067469339c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).