---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC WASTE PREVENTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING ACT (Amends the electronic waste preventions, reuse and recycling act.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC WASTE PREVENTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING ACT (Amends the electronic waste preventions, reuse and recycling act.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 6112"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6112 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)", "Health & Safety", "Recycling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Fellela", "Perez", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-04-13"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb13a1d7-4ad0-4604-93b1-e3b9b39cde51"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "ec50f2fd86e36a5b858fbc1964281c57b9e31752e07bfa94303feb95685919dc"
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 6112 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- ELECTRONIC WASTE PREVENTION, REUSE AND RECYCLING ACT (Amends the electronic waste preventions, reuse and recycling act.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **6112 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/HouseText17/H6112A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Costantino — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-13** 04/13/2017 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-20** 04/20/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2017)
- **2017-04-27** 04/27/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/15/2017)
- **2017-06-15** 06/15/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-16** 06/16/2017 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2017)
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-08** 09/08/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (09/14/2017)
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-09-14** 09/14/2017 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-10-03** 10/03/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-05** 10/05/2017 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/fb13a1d7-4ad0-4604-93b1-e3b9b39cde51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).