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legislation/us/states/ri/2026/sb-2352.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- PROTECTION OF TREES AND PLANTS GENERALLY -- RHODE ISLAND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT ACT"
+description: "Prohibits the importation, disbursement, distribution, or sale, of any species of non-native (exotic) terrestrial invasive plants."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 2352"
+citation: "Rhode Island SB 2352 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Gu", "McKenney", "Urso", "Vargas"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae41815d-d775-4361-8fdc-6f22aaadb41c"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "e1fae43c2ce78fe2cb4d1f53829d9ec8aacb5ee6299f3b402420930aaf67f1b3"
+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 2352 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- PROTECTION OF TREES AND PLANTS GENERALLY -- RHODE ISLAND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT ACT
+
+Prohibits the importation, disbursement, distribution, or sale, of any species of non-native (exotic) terrestrial invasive plants.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **2352 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2352A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–7** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Britto — primary (person)
+- Gu — primary (person)
+- McKenney — primary (person)
+- Urso — primary (person)
+- Vargas — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
+- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Meeting postponed (04/01/2026)
+- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
+- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
+- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
+- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A 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/ae41815d-d775-4361-8fdc-6f22aaadb41c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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