republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2017/hb-5291.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)	AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2017	HB 5291	Rhode Island HB 5291 (2017)	bill	Public Utilities	enacted	Kennedy	1	14	1	2017-01-27	2017-06-19	openstates	ocd-bill/ae79c13e-2a8c-40ee-bb50-8b3655ee2079	http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/	3702e9adb8387105f99364cc2d9b83f44232684ecd9599ba5322523d32eb2ae5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 5291 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SECURITIZATION ACT (Repeals The Public Utility Securitization Act (§§39-1-1 to 60), passed in 1997.)

Version chain

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

1. 5291 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 71–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Kennedy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-27 01/27/2017 Introduced, referred to House Corporations referral-committee, introduction
• 2017-02-10 02/10/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/14/2017)
• 2017-02-14 02/14/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2017-03-03 03/03/2017 Scheduled for consideration (03/07/2017)
• 2017-03-07 03/07/2017 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-10 03/10/2017 Placed on House Calendar (03/29/2017)
• 2017-03-29 03/29/2017 House read and passed passage
• 2017-05-30 05/30/2017 Referred to Senate Commerce referral-committee
• 2017-06-02 06/02/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/06/2017)
• 2017-06-06 06/06/2017 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-13 06/13/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/14/2017)
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Senate passed in concurrence passage
• 2017-06-14 06/14/2017 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-06-19 06/19/2017 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae79c13e-2a8c-40ee-bb50-8b3655ee2079. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).