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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL (Includes a facility's potential detrimental impact on the community as a factor to be considered when approving the construction or operation of a solid waste management facility.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL (Includes a facility's potential detrimental impact on the community as a factor to be considered when approving the construction or operation of a solid waste management facility.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "SB 2026"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2026 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Construction", "Health & Safety", "Solid Waste", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goodwin", "Nesselbush"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-11"
+last_action: "2018-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/015f3c3d-e40a-46af-b22a-8710e249e2de"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "f15f6a21335c69dfe8f3a2d2a1945b1fded3c520723fc9950a923570824b0b1e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island SB 2026 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL (Includes a facility's potential detrimental impact on the community as a factor to be considered when approving the construction or operation of a solid waste management facility.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2026** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2026.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **72–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Nesselbush — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-11** 01/11/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/08/2018)
+- **2018-05-08** 05/08/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
+- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-16** 05/16/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/22/2018)
+- **2018-05-22** 05/22/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Referred to House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2018)
+- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-06-16** 06/16/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/19/2018)
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-25** 06/25/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/015f3c3d-e40a-46af-b22a-8710e249e2de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+