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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024"
+description: "Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 7734"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7734 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Cortvriend", "McGaw", "Speakman", "Spears"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2026-02-12"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b23591e1-bec5-4f17-a64a-c452cbe7eff6"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "4b446e51ece174c318bda791f9b64e6b03297858e3897a2c133d38e633d06dd5"
+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 7734 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024
+
+Amends the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 by clarifying enforcement provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7734** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7734.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **69–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bennett — primary (person)
+- Cortvriend — primary (person)
+- McGaw — primary (person)
+- Speakman — primary (person)
+- Spears — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-12** 02/12/2026 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/31/2026)
+- **2026-03-31** 03/31/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration
+- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Meeting postponed (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-07** 06/07/2026 Meeting postponed (06/08/2026)
+- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/10/2026)
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/b23591e1-bec5-4f17-a64a-c452cbe7eff6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+