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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT"
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description: "Allows for measures to advance the undergrounding of certain utility cables and to have the same funded through utility rate increases to the cities of Providence and East Providence."
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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 981"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 981 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Zurier"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-04-16"
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last_action: "2025-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f31d79de-6171-4f60-bd99-ccb6b68b0d65"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "b0c8f5749bb41644471b5c30aa8de7423dc130eaca4869df27dddac5483dcf37"
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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 981 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT
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Allows for measures to advance the undergrounding of certain utility cables and to have the same funded through utility rate increases to the cities of Providence and East Providence.
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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. **981 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0981Aaa.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage as Amended — **29–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passage as Amended — **30–5** (pass) · upper
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- Approval of Amendment — **29–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- Zurier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-16** 04/16/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/24/2025)
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- **2025-04-29** 04/29/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2025-05-01** 05/01/2025 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (05/01/2025)
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- **2025-05-05** 05/05/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2025)
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- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 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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- **2025-06-02** 06/02/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** 06/04/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
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- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate voted to reconsider
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- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
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- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
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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/f31d79de-6171-4f60-bd99-ccb6b68b0d65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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