---
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: "SB 210"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 210 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Families", "Education", "Environment", "Litter", "Recycling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Felag", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/635b393b-6586-41a1-b8ca-b0fc5456e7e2"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "eccdb9adb5faf5002195ae16ba94b3b13e987e58730b901e759fe993b4f11b34"
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 210 (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. **210 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0210A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Felag — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** 02/10/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** 02/25/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/03/2021)
- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2021-05-14** 05/14/2021 Scheduled for consideration (05/19/2021)
- **2021-05-18** 05/18/2021 Proposed Substitute
- **2021-05-19** 05/19/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** 05/20/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/25/2021)
- **2021-05-25** 05/25/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2021-05-27** 05/27/2021 Referred to House Education `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 of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-29** 06/29/2021 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (07/01/2021)
- **2021-07-01** 07/01/2021 House passed Sub A 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/635b393b-6586-41a1-b8ca-b0fc5456e7e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).