---
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: "SB 601"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 601 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gu", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/414c029e-08b8-4201-96e2-531eed7543ab"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d7eee6e0f7be4d70034972a4545df86356240a725a37771b043b5608c0d5f946"
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 601 (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. **601 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0601A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House 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/414c029e-08b8-4201-96e2-531eed7543ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).