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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS (Provides for the department of health to take action to establish maximum contaminant levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and set interim standards.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS (Provides for the department of health to take action to establish maximum contaminant levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and set interim standards.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7233"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7233 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Kislak", "Knight", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Morales", "Speakman", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-28"
+last_action: "2022-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d29a18c2-eefa-4e1f-b444-4e93d8ca2df8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "ecdcbcc28327296f3ba37067928e1a2cf3e67fe8be4878f2c4ec6de8a6c5354d"
+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 HB 7233 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER AND SURFACE WATERS (Provides for the department of health to take action to establish maximum contaminant levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water and set interim standards.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7233 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7233A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Kislak — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Morales — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-28** 01/28/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/17/2022)
+- **2022-02-17** 02/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/17/2022)
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/d29a18c2-eefa-4e1f-b444-4e93d8ca2df8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+