---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (Removes glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the resource recovery corporation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (Removes glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the resource recovery corporation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2653"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2653 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Recycling", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Lombardo"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-20"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f030483-96f0-491b-ab41-794b8573cc04"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d1a1e4e6ddb1ab0be867470fafab800c5cf8639af86e4dcce794c4b965244d46"
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 2653 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (Removes glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the resource recovery corporation.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2653.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-20** 03/20/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/11/2018)
- **2018-04-11** 04/11/2018 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2018-04-12** 04/12/2018 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/4f030483-96f0-491b-ab41-794b8573cc04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).