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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT"
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description: "Facilitates the study of thermal energy technology to determine if these goals can be met by the implementation of thermal energy networks in Rhode Island."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7879"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7879 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Boylan", "Cortvriend", "Edwards", "Handy", "McGaw"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aecc500-4ebe-4e2e-b778-ab140e9e9662"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4a253f57037f6d0ee9b50d325f2d3ed32395df91eef717243cf73e52fe9e4912"
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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 7879 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK AND JOBS ACT
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Facilitates the study of thermal energy technology to determine if these goals can be met by the implementation of thermal energy networks in Rhode Island.
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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. **7879 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7879A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **70–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Edwards — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-13** 03/13/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/19/2026)
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- **2026-03-19** 03/19/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-24** 06/24/2026 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/9aecc500-4ebe-4e2e-b778-ab140e9e9662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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