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legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-5293.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY"
+description: "Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 5293"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5293 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DeSimone", "Diaz", "Fogarty", "Hull", "Lombardi", "O'Brien", "Sanchez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35e40e02-78c4-4dab-81e3-96af7a8cb8ec"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "a6935b17b4b0b18b94b2567d4c098e2efd22d2bf20a5bb4e5b5729875788df00"
+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 5293 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
+
+Creates a public education program on methods to recycle textiles.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5293.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DeSimone — primary (person)
+- Diaz — primary (person)
+- Fogarty — primary (person)
+- Hull — primary (person)
+- Lombardi — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+- Sanchez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** 02/05/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2025)
+- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Scheduled for consideration (03/12/2025)
+- **2025-03-12** 03/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-20** 03/20/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
+- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/17/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** 06/17/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-23** 06/23/2025 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/35e40e02-78c4-4dab-81e3-96af7a8cb8ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+