---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL (Includes a facility's potential detrimental impact on the community as a factor to be considered when approving the construction or operation of a solid waste management facility.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL (Includes a facility's potential detrimental impact on the community as a factor to be considered when approving the construction or operation of a solid waste management facility.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7787"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7787 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Solid Waste", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barros", "Cunha", "Diaz", "Maldonado", "Tobon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-28"
last_action: "2018-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bebbe4f8-9750-4e0b-abf8-b74620f4eb0e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "bce34029fba14c1d2233aea0801d8407c23a5c7d1245d926253a5a9dca1769c0"
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 7787 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL (Includes a facility's potential detrimental impact on the community as a factor to be considered when approving the construction or operation of a solid waste management facility.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7787** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7787.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barros — primary (person)
- Cunha — primary (person)
- Diaz — primary (person)
- Maldonado — primary (person)
- Tobon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2018)
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/15/2018)
- **2018-05-15** 05/15/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-01** 06/01/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2018)
- **2018-06-05** 06/05/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-06-07** 06/07/2018 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-08** 06/08/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2018)
- **2018-06-12** 06/12/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-14** 06/14/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/19/2018)
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-06-19** 06/19/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-25** 06/25/2018 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/bebbe4f8-9750-4e0b-abf8-b74620f4eb0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).