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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NONREGULATED POWER PRODUCER CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS (Excludes municipal and government bodies that aggregate electrical loads for residential retail customers from the requirement that a new contract is required when there is a change of terms for electric-generation services.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NONREGULATED POWER PRODUCER CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS (Excludes municipal and government bodies that aggregate electrical loads for residential retail customers from the requirement that a new contract is required when there is a change of terms for electric-generation services.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 25 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities & Towns", "Electricity", "Energy", "Fees", "Public Utilities", "State Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Anderson", "Calkin", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d069e2ad-2aea-435a-bb44-47a9610df339"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "de3cfb568edd24ac647d18f4845d6239ba2bff895f69ff65b14e6b2737075fcc"
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 25 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NONREGULATED POWER PRODUCER CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS (Excludes municipal and government bodies that aggregate electrical loads for residential retail customers from the requirement that a new contract is required when there is a change of terms for electric-generation services.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **25** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0025.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL OF RIGHTS — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Acosta — primary (person)
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Calkin — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2021)
- **2021-04-08** 04/08/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-30** 04/30/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Meeting postponed (05/06/2021)
- **2021-05-21** 05/21/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2021)
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28** 05/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2021)
- **2021-06-01** 06/01/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-06-02** 06/02/2021 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-13** 07/13/2021 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/d069e2ad-2aea-435a-bb44-47a9610df339`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).