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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION, PACKAGING, AND RECYCLING PLAN"
+description: "Provides extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, recycling of beverage containers, and provides general provisions for oversight of single-stage producer organizations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6207"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6207 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "McGaw"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-04-09"
+last_action: "2025-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/020d5898-9052-43c7-970f-1b59941f8f2e"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e1ddbc7a13b93ad211eefb6c597c46392ff62741137091967851d2ae09f54858"
+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 6207 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION, PACKAGING, AND RECYCLING PLAN
+
+Provides extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, recycling of beverage containers, and provides general provisions for oversight of single-stage producer organizations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6207 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6207Aaa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **58–11** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Boylan — primary (person)
+- Carson — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Handy — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Knight — primary (person)
+- McEntee — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
+- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/020d5898-9052-43c7-970f-1b59941f8f2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+