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3/23/2026
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Media Advisory: House Environment Committee to meet Wednesday
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STATE HOUSE — The House Environment and Natural Resources Committee will meet Wednesday to vote on a bill relating to energy conservation standards and hear bills relating to the cleanup and mitigation of damage caused by climate change, state department compliance with the Act on Climate and coastal resiliency projects.
The committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, March 25, at 4 p.m. in the House Lounge on the second floor of the State House. The committee is scheduled to hear several bills, including:
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2026-H 7183 — This legislation introduced by Rep. Jennifer Boylan (D-Dist. 66, Barrington, East Providence) would create the Rhode Island Climate Superfund Act of 2026.
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2026-H 7917 — This legislation introduced by Rep. Lauren H. Carson (D-Dist. 75, Newport) would require that state departments and agencies integrate the recommendations contained in the Act on Climate strategy report.
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2026-H 7991 — This legislation introduced by Rep. Terri Cortvriend (D-Dist. 72, Portsmouth, Middletown) would provide that Department of Environmental Management regulations and the Coastal Resources Management Council in consultation with the chief resilience officer shall prioritize nature-based solutions for coastal resilience projects using an expedited permitting process.
The committee is also scheduled to vote on one bill:
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2026-H 7738 — This legislation also introduced by Representative Cortvriend would establish a moratorium on changes to the state energy conservation code from the 2024 International Energy Conservation Code until Jan. 1, 2031, unless approved by the legislature and made effective by the governor.
Written testimony must be submitted at HouseEnvironmentandNaturalResources@rilegislature.gov. Testimony must include your name, the bill number and your viewpoint, whether for, against or neither. Sign-up sheets for in-person testimony will be available in the hearing room.
The meeting will be televised live by Capitol Television, which can be seen on Cox channel 61, on i3Broadband channel 15 and on Verizon channel 34. It will be live streamed at capitoltvri.cablecast.tv/.
For more information, contact:
Tristan Grau, Publicist
State House Room B20
Providence, RI 02903
401.222.4935
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