---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 155 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Statutes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Ruggerio", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59381bb7-727a-4309-b10c-18dfebd2bdef"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "6aa4368df2bc6a12b86177a569e507628cb89809900c07247f3527a69a4955e9"
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 155 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)

## Version chain

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

1. **155 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0155A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **35–2** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **59–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/24/2021)
- **2021-02-24** 02/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-04-23** 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2021)
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** 04/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
- **2021-05-04** 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** 05/05/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
- **2021-06-25** 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-06-28** 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
- **2021-06-30** 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-02** 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-07** 07/07/2021 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/59381bb7-727a-4309-b10c-18dfebd2bdef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).