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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: "Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 5547"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 5547 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kennedy", "Solomon"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e527ed10-8ca8-4801-a402-a644e15f5170"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "d402707308222c80da17e2880e55893833cb613d91f583fc5c33818eb5ad84ae"
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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 5547 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
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Increases the public utilities reserve fund cap and the cap on expenses relating to the public utilities commission and the division of public utilities and carriers representing the state before federal agencies.
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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. **5547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5547.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Solomon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** 02/26/2025 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2025)
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- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2025)
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- **2025-05-15** 05/15/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/20/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-20** 05/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
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- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/e527ed10-8ca8-4801-a402-a644e15f5170`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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