---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"
description: "Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7332"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7332 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Azzinaro", "Bennett", "DeSimone", "Felix", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Lombardi", "Slater", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/371190ec-7df7-4926-8918-cf820bc4dbae"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "106261c39a812110897f6de8015581d42727b99dc686af498192cc894daf42fe"
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 7332 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

Requires all public utilities to maintain a customer service facility within the state to perform services such as addressing customer inquiries and accepting bill payments.

## Version chain

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

1. **7332** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7332.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Bennett — primary (person)
- DeSimone — primary (person)
- Felix — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Slater — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** 01/28/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/07/2026)
- **2026-04-07** 04/07/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/21/2026)
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Placed on House Calendar (05/26/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-26** 05/26/2026 House read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/371190ec-7df7-4926-8918-cf820bc4dbae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).