---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LONG TERM CONTRACTING STANDARDS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY"
description: "Allows for the procurement of nuclear power."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5575"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5575 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey", "Kennedy", "Lima", "Noret", "O'Brien", "Read", "Santucci", "Solomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-26"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7773de91-2f94-46ef-9f78-80148014dcfd"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ca1a37bd5218e9dc11c27b613696e36c582ac536eb22d910c1c604f94cc58793"
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 5575 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- LONG TERM CONTRACTING STANDARDS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

Allows for the procurement of nuclear power.

## Version chain

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

1. **5575 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5575A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Lima — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Santucci — primary (person)
- Solomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/01/2025)
- **2025-04-01** 04/01/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/7773de91-2f94-46ef-9f78-80148014dcfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).