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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT Facilitates the study of thermal energy technology to determine if these goals can be met by the implementation of thermal energy networks in Rhode Island. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 7879 Rhode Island HB 7879 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 7879 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT

Facilitates the study of thermal energy technology to determine if these goals can be met by the implementation of thermal energy networks in Rhode Island.

Version chain

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

  1. 7879 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 701 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Boylan — primary (person)
  • Cortvriend — primary (person)
  • Edwards — primary (person)
  • Handy — primary (person)
  • McGaw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-27 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-13 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2026)
  • 2026-03-19 03/19/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A 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 A 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 A 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; origin ocd-bill/9aecc500-4ebe-4e2e-b778-ab140e9e9662. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).