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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires submission of a triennial system reliability/energy efficiency/conservation procurement plan until 9/1/2036 and continues a charge on gas/electricity to fund energy efficiency/conversation programs until 9/1/2035.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires submission of a triennial system reliability/energy efficiency/conservation procurement plan until 9/1/2036 and continues a charge on gas/electricity to fund energy efficiency/conversation programs until 9/1/2035.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6144"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6144 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electricity", "Energy", "Gas", "Public Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Craven", "Handy", "McEntee", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-17"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cd10613-7297-4c4a-9ef2-cf571e3e42e6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4f0bbb5ef162219ec84dae8eca909d660ef382951f218ee622b9e8baffe11b96"
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 6144 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (Requires submission of a triennial system reliability/energy efficiency/conservation procurement plan until 9/1/2036 and continues a charge on gas/electricity to fund energy efficiency/conversation programs until 9/1/2035.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6144 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6144A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **579** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Craven — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-17** 03/17/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** 03/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/26/2021)
- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/22/2021)
- **2021-06-19** 06/19/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2021-06-22** 06/22/2021 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-26** 06/26/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/0cd10613-7297-4c4a-9ef2-cf571e3e42e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).