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legislation/us/states/ri/2025/hb-6351.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION"
+description: "Requires payments by the corporation increase from a $3.00 tipping fee per vehicle to a $6.00 tipping fee per vehicle, unless exempt. This act would also require fees be paid to Johnston on an annual rather than a biannual basis."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 6351"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 6351 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Fascia", "Fellela", "Perez"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-05-16"
+last_action: "2025-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677db5d2-7f27-4554-852a-0a5122d7e9f8"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "c6c16e713cea6f1799be3f7731234504a0aded756baf1b2a7dcea23743001858"
+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 6351 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION
+
+Requires payments by the corporation increase from a $3.00 tipping fee per vehicle to a $6.00 tipping fee per vehicle, unless exempt. This act would also require fees be paid to Johnston on an annual rather than a biannual basis.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **6351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6351.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Costantino — primary (person)
+- Fascia — primary (person)
+- Fellela — primary (person)
+- Perez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2025)
+- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
+- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677db5d2-7f27-4554-852a-0a5122d7e9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+