SR 23 Rhode Island Senate · 2025 Regular Session

SENATE RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES IN LEGISLATION/OVERSIGHT OF THE ACT ON CLIMATE

Summary

Creates a 5 member commission to provide recommendations for legislation changes and/or oversight for the Act on Climate, and would report back by May 1, 2026, and would expire on June 1, 2026.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action May 15, 2025

Floor votes · Senate May 15, 2025

How they voted

34–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 36

May 15, 2025

D Democratic32

30 Yea 2

93% Yea

R Republican4

4 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

05/15/2025 Senate read and passed

upper

May 7, 2025

Legislature · Passed

05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage

legislature

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

04/09/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

legislature

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

01/23/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture

upper

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors