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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 7277"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7277 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Diaz", "Donovan", "Handy", "Hull", "Kazarian", "Potter", "Ruggiero", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-02-02"
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last_action: "2022-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dc7d649-8c63-43ac-910c-2f19a888d940"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b066d516b5273034a8275071f7d2e5d9d4d34e97773cdca878bed665fe2bd88e"
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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 HB 7277 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS-RENEWABLE ENERGY (Increases the percentage of retail electricity sales from renewable energy sources.)
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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. **7277 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7277A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **56–13** (pass) · lower
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- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **13–56** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Diaz — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Hull — primary (person)
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- Kazarian — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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- Ruggiero — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-02** 02/02/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2022)
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- **2022-03-10** 03/10/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
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- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-10** 06/10/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/8dc7d649-8c63-43ac-910c-2f19a888d940`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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