---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (Removes glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the resource recovery corporation.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (Removes glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the resource recovery corporation.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 7930"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7930 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety", "Recycling", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Fellela", "Perez", "Ucci"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-07"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c2ee111-2ef9-46b5-9775-a67712f72048"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "18e7571070a06ad39a015fae71cdd08601267bc545808aa6a8cdce9ba5b36a7d"
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 7930 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION (Removes glass from the materials not permitted as cover materials by the resource recovery corporation.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7930** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7930.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Costantino — primary (person)
- Fellela — primary (person)
- Perez — primary (person)
- Ucci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-07** 03/07/2018 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/27/2018)
- **2018-03-27** 03/27/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 House read and passed `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-29** 05/29/2018 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 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/0c2ee111-2ef9-46b5-9775-a67712f72048`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).