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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2024 Incorporates cable, broadband, Internet, and wireless means into the crime of injuring electric and communication lines and authorizes municipalities to grant zoning relief for the protection of critical infrastructure. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 SB 2601 Rhode Island SB 2601 (2026)
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Rhode Island SB 2601 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- FACILITATING BUSINESS RAPID RESPONSE TO STATE DECLARED DISASTER ACT OF 2024

Incorporates cable, broadband, Internet, and wireless means into the crime of injuring electric and communication lines and authorizes municipalities to grant zoning relief for the protection of critical infrastructure.

Version chain

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

  1. 2601 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passage — 371 (pass) · upper
  • IN CONCURRENCE — 690 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Burke — primary (person)
  • Felag — primary (person)
  • LaMountain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-02-13 02/13/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-27 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2026)
  • 2026-04-01 04/01/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2026-04-02 04/02/2026 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
  • 2026-04-02 04/02/2026 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study substitution
  • 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
  • 2026-05-26 05/26/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-27 05/27/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-03 06/03/2026 Senate passed Sub A passage
  • 2026-06-05 06/05/2026 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/08/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-08 06/08/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-18 06/18/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1d34c48-d5eb-4057-878f-f7c92ae62080. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).