Bulletins: Building, Design & Fire Professionals

Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act, 2024 P.L. Ch. 67 & 68

Pursuant to the recently-enacted Residential Solar Energy Disclosure and Homeowners Bill of Rights Act, 2024 P.L. Ch. 67 & 68, the Department of Business Regulation will begin licensing retailers, sales representatives, and other entities involved with the sale or lease of residential solar energy systems on March 1, 2025. The Department is currently preparing regulations and guidance necessary to implement the provisions of this Act. If you have any questions or complaints relating to the regulation of solar retailers, please email the Department at DBR.Solar@dbr.ri.gov. Stay tuned for further updates.

CCC Adult Use Regulations Proposed

Proposed rules and regulations for Adult Use Cannabis have been proposed by the Cannabis Control Commission and can be found on the Secretary of State website or on the Commission’s website.

The Commission is accepting written comments on the proposed regulations through February 7, 2025. Please send your comments to cccinquiry@ccc.ri.gov or the Commission’s mailing address, however, email is preferred.

A public hearing on all four regulations will be held in person on Friday, January 24, 2025, at 1pm at the Public Utilities Commission, 89 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick, RI, 02886. Public comment will only be received in person at this hearing.

Building, Design & Fire Professionals	Date
PLS Bulletin 2024-1 Right of Entry for Professional Land Surveyor Performing Surveying Services	Issued June 25, 2024
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers – SBO Bulletin 2024-1 PEs can only practice engineering and stamp work within their assigned engineering discipline	Issued August 6, 2024
Notice of Statutory Changes - Road Abandonments	Issued September 5, 2023
Reference Guide for the Design and Construction Industries in Rhode Island	Updated October 6, 2022
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers— Notice of 2021 Statutory Changes	Issued August 16, 2021
Notice of 2019 Statutory Changes for Professional Engineers	Issued September 20, 2019
Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors, Joint Information Bulletin	Issued March 2014, Revised February 2019

Building, Design & Fire Professionals

Date

PLS Bulletin 2024-1 Right of Entry for Professional Land Surveyor Performing Surveying Services

Issued June 25, 2024

Board of Registration for Professional Engineers – SBO Bulletin 2024-1 PEs can only practice engineering and stamp work within their assigned engineering discipline

Issued August 6, 2024

Notice of Statutory Changes - Road Abandonments

Issued September 5, 2023

Reference Guide for the Design and Construction Industries in Rhode Island

Updated October 6, 2022

Board of Registration for Professional Engineers— Notice of 2021 Statutory Changes

Issued August 16, 2021