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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 2044"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2044 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Coyne", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Kallman", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Pearson", "Seveney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-25"
+last_action: "2022-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88e8988f-0652-4269-8eb2-30ff2606197e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "49d272c7337a7ae2aad8dbde27b2c8c43a74042b5219566f9cf4c4eaa32b1cfa"
+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 2044 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2044 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2044A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cano — primary (person)
+- Coyne — primary (person)
+- DiMario — primary (person)
+- DiPalma — primary (person)
+- Euer — primary (person)
+- Kallman — primary (person)
+- McCaffrey — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Pearson — primary (person)
+- Seveney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
+- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
+- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/88e8988f-0652-4269-8eb2-30ff2606197e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+