---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BIODIESEL PRODUCTS (Amends the compliance standards for heating oil biobased products providing minimum standards for the percentage of biobased product that certain types of heating oil must contain.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BIODIESEL PRODUCTS (Amends the compliance standards for heating oil biobased products providing minimum standards for the percentage of biobased product that certain types of heating oil must contain.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5132"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5132 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Environment", "Health & Safety", "Heating Fuels", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Abney", "Carson", "Knight", "Ruggiero"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e157295-5587-4b63-8563-893f31f36a2f"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "3ccc77ce0a6f1d402fa85bd90fb9a91c44650e3cc445d8145c1142cdd7246022"
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 5132 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BIODIESEL PRODUCTS (Amends the compliance standards for heating oil biobased products providing minimum standards for the percentage of biobased product that certain types of heating oil must contain.)

## Version chain

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

1. **5132 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H5132A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **62–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Abney — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** 01/25/2021 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/11/2021)
- **2021-02-11** 02/11/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2021)
- **2021-06-04** 06/04/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-09** 06/09/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/17/2021)
- **2021-06-17** 06/17/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18** 06/18/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2021)
- **2021-06-23** 06/23/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** 07/08/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-12** 07/12/2021 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/3e157295-5587-4b63-8563-893f31f36a2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).