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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION"
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description: "Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 7017"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7017 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caldwell", "Cortvriend", "Handy", "Kislak", "McEntee", "McNamara", "Morales", "Place", "Slater", "Stewart"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-06-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9692af76-d615-4ab6-8a90-a113724e4fc8"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "946c054389064970768b70111fce8393dd35d5ee48ffab4dffa5b22de45e9a48"
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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 7017 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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Directs PUC to extend utility termination moratorium for gas/electricity from April 15 to May 1, of each year with discretion to respond to emergency/ economic conditions/customers' needs.
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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. **7017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7017.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- McNamara — primary (person)
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- Morales — primary (person)
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- Place — primary (person)
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- Slater — primary (person)
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- Stewart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** 01/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2024)
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- **2024-04-02** 04/02/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-06-09** 06/09/2024 Scheduled for consideration (06/11/2024)
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2024-06-13** 06/13/2024 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/13/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-14** 06/14/2024 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-21** 06/21/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-25** 06/25/2024 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/9692af76-d615-4ab6-8a90-a113724e4fc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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