---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"
description: "Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5484"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5484 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cff76ba8-9b55-4189-8568-224585bae8d4"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "53ef8844b8e0231cdb90a3c95346659d53d0d5bc9f5d3512a841760f641935cb"
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 5484 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers.

## Version chain

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

1. **5484 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5484A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** 02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 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`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 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 the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 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/cff76ba8-9b55-4189-8568-224585bae8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).