---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Creates an exception to the registration requirements and registration fees for minor use pesticides.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Creates an exception to the registration requirements and registration fees for minor use pesticides.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 733"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 733 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Fees", "Environment", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fogarty", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-12"
last_action: "2017-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b810f329-39e6-4b8a-a70b-e5320ed50553"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "68c9b73403751ae14b012762e14985e52a048ed31aa17975ce4ffcb7511bafdb"
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 733 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Creates an exception to the registration requirements and registration fees for minor use pesticides.)

## Version chain

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

1. **733 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0733A.pdf)

## Votes

- RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-04-21** 04/21/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2017)
- **2017-04-26** 04/26/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-05-05** 05/05/2017 Scheduled for consideration (05/10/2017)
- **2017-05-10** 05/10/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-05-18** 05/18/2017 Referred to House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/29/2017)
- **2017-06-29** 06/29/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30** 06/30/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/30/2017)
- **2017-09-15** 09/15/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (09/19/2017)
- **2017-09-19** 09/19/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-09-21** 09/21/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-27** 09/27/2017 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/b810f329-39e6-4b8a-a70b-e5320ed50553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).