---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with RI resource recovery corporation, to make educational resources available regarding litter prevention/recycling awareness to elementary/middle school students.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with RI resource recovery corporation, to make educational resources available regarding litter prevention/recycling awareness to elementary/middle school students.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6418"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6418 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Environment", "Litter", "Minors", "Recycling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Fellela", "McGaw", "Messier", "Serpa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-11"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/091f01ee-5ed6-4b88-aea3-22f641ef452b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4a000bfe4073a93ae3cfd1fa301ef3237a7a10b6098b5b7cf90586de6ced38aa"
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 6418 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION - CURRICULUM (Requires the department of elementary and secondary education, in collaboration with RI resource recovery corporation, to make educational resources available regarding litter prevention/recycling awareness to elementary/middle school students.)

## Version chain

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

1. **6418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6418.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Messier — primary (person)
- Serpa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-11** 06/11/2021 Introduced, referred to House Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House read and passed `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-09** 07/09/2021 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/091f01ee-5ed6-4b88-aea3-22f641ef452b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).