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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Creates the \"Small Cell Siting Act\", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Creates the \"Small Cell Siting Act\", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 342"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 342 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Public Utilities"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DaPonte", "DiPalma", "Pearson", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2017-02-16"
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last_action: "2017-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/855bb955-7d5f-4314-a059-4a744ded5d5c"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "9db9c06d81ac490bfb209dda45baf90ce5605b4c7336fa24c958c48db4ad3fe6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 342 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS - SMALL CELL SITING ACT (Creates the "Small Cell Siting Act", which specifies how local authorities may regulate the collocation of small wireless facilities and small wireless facility networks.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **342 SUB B as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0342Baa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- In Concurrence — **31–1** (pass) · legislature
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **63–0** (pass) · legislature
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- AS AMENDED — **60–2** (pass) · legislature
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- Passage — **35–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- DaPonte — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Pearson — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-16** 02/16/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2017-03-03** 03/03/2017 Meeting postponed (03/07/2017)
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- **2017-04-28** 04/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/02/2017)
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- **2017-05-02** 05/02/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-26** 06/26/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/29/2017)
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- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/30/2017)
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- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on House Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub B as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (09/19/2017)
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- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub B as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-09-25** 09/25/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/855bb955-7d5f-4314-a059-4a744ded5d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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