HB 7269 Rhode Island House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING -- PORTABLE SOLAR GENERATION DEVICES

Summary
Excludes portable solar generation devices intended primarily to offset part of a customer's electricity consumption from the definition of eligible net-metering system.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Jun 9, 2026
Floor votes · House Jun 9, 2026

How they voted

690
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 74
Jun 9, 2026
D Democratic63
59 Yea 4
93% Yea
I Independent1
1 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
9 Yea 1
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Jun 9, 2026
Committee
06/09/2026 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
upper
Jun 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/09/2026 House passed Sub A
lower
Jun 8, 2026
Legislature · Passed
06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 19, 2026
Committee
03/19/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
01/23/2026 Introduced, referred to House Corporations
lower
10 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors