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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BALLOONS (Prohibits the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gas.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BALLOONS (Prohibits the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gas.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 38"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 38 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Environment", "Fees", "Health & Safety", "Solid Waste", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Euer", "McCaffrey", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-19"
+last_action: "2021-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d66ebb-55ad-47ce-9f83-09aaa61fa6a8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "937f6bf138703e52fae00680a0120b005ed3f33321698607241e63656c27967f"
+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 38 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BALLOONS (Prohibits the release of balloons inflated with lighter-than-air gas.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **38 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0038Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Approval of Amendment — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **34–2** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Ruggerio — primary (person)
+- Sosnowski — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-19** 01/19/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/24/2021)
+- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
+- **2021-06-27** 06/27/2021 Proposed Substitute
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/30/2021)
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
+- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2021-07-06** 07/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 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/64d66ebb-55ad-47ce-9f83-09aaa61fa6a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+