---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT"
description: "Establishes the thermal energy network & jobs act facilitating study of the technology to determine if goals can be met by implementing thermal energy networks in Rhode Island/creates a task force of interested parties to be an advisory committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 3080"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 3080 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "McKenney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-13"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34eecb8e-7c03-4668-bc23-a101979f20b8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "bc578a361cdc21c458715fcd46e23281da8f21543608b0f87f8a52cfd321f7e2"
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 3080 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT

Establishes the thermal energy network & jobs act facilitating study of the technology to determine if goals can be met by implementing thermal energy networks in Rhode Island/creates a task force of interested parties to be an advisory committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **3080 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S3080B.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bissaillon — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/20/2026)
- **2026-05-20** 05/20/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `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 passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub B 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/34eecb8e-7c03-4668-bc23-a101979f20b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).