---
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: "SB 2429"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2429 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "Ciccone", "Dimitri", "Felag"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be11cb8-406e-416a-b410-3ceb7d931a78"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "90da97aa77773024a2b9ca8fdec98120ce6fb8b655e6e1f6c68092110b7e3d42"
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 2429 (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. **2429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2429.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burke — primary (person)
- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Dimitri — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `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`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 House 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/1be11cb8-406e-416a-b410-3ceb7d931a78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).