---
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: "SB 888"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 888 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)", "Health & Safety", "Recycling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-11"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3323081-0cee-456d-bc53-35b1cc0018d7"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "f3f9e7e40d8e1e0cc0d83b154b0471169bc7c8ab1686a52c25e7b717dab3854b"
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 888 (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. **888 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0888A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11** 05/11/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee, introduction`
- **2017-05-12** 05/12/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2017)
- **2017-05-17** 05/17/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/22/2017)
- **2017-06-22** 06/22/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2017-06-24** 06/24/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/27/2017)
- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 House 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/c3323081-0cee-456d-bc53-35b1cc0018d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).