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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS"
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description: "Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers."
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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: "SB 601"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 601 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bissaillon", "Britto", "DiPalma", "Felag", "Gu", "LaMountain", "McKenney", "Sosnowski"]
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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: "2025-03-06"
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last_action: "2025-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/414c029e-08b8-4201-96e2-531eed7543ab"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "d7eee6e0f7be4d70034972a4545df86356240a725a37771b043b5608c0d5f946"
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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 SB 601 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- DUTIES OF UTILITIES AND CARRIERS
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Increases the penalties for public utilities for violations of the general law governing the duties of utilities and carriers.
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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. **601 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0601A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bissaillon — primary (person)
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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- Felag — primary (person)
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- McKenney — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** 04/04/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2025)
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- **2025-04-08** 04/08/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2025)
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- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 House passed Sub A 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/414c029e-08b8-4201-96e2-531eed7543ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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