---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION"
description: "Effective September 1, 2025, requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 650 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Acosta", "Britto", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Thompson", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-07"
last_action: "2025-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22f1ded7-4be5-4b9c-a965-4a0bf803aac1"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d2f9f43827d2fc654bee21117f69a2ac27845591e2f007bd9bcf5b9aa36fe336"
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 650 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION

Effective September 1, 2025, requires quarterly testing of biosolids for PFAS contaminants by those seeking to apply biosolids to lands, with subsequent reports to the department of environmental management.

## Version chain

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

1. **650 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0650A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **71–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Acosta — primary (person)
- Britto — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Thompson — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-07** 03/07/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/02/2025)
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2025)
- **2025-05-27** 05/27/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-05-28** 05/28/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29** 05/29/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/03/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-06-06** 06/06/2025 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/10/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 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/22f1ded7-4be5-4b9c-a965-4a0bf803aac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).