---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELIABILITY"
description: "Requires an electric distribution company to develop and act pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC to carry out vegetation management activities on and around utility infrastructure along public and private rights of way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7086"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7086 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Azzinaro", "Casimiro", "Diaz", "Edwards", "Kennedy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d2752b-b1fd-4d5a-8ce1-e9e0c1a9eee6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ae08c1320b45621eb08b80aec93235c37ce87df01f2f7605bca7acdd7c21b105"
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 7086 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRIC SYSTEM RELIABILITY

Requires an electric distribution company to develop and act pursuant to a vegetation management plan approved by the DPUC to carry out vegetation management activities on and around utility infrastructure along public and private rights of way.

## Version chain

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

1. **7086 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7086Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **67–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- AS AMENDED — **56–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Azzinaro — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Edwards — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** 01/10/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2024)
- **2024-06-08** 06/08/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-06-10** 06/10/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-26** 06/26/2024 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/95d2752b-b1fd-4d5a-8ce1-e9e0c1a9eee6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).