---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024. Provisions of § 23-18.13-3(g)(3) sunset on July 1, 2027.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024. Provisions of § 23-18.13-3(g)(3) sunset on July 1, 2027.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7438"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7438 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "Marszalkowski", "McGaw", "Morales", "Ruggiero", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-11"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3464ba18-5211-4505-ab7a-35c1588b9b3d"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "732e3fe6b7ca24d7ca0ab256f8e5f43edccef28abe25f295369822e1d703d473"
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 7438 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024. Provisions of § 23-18.13-3(g)(3) sunset on July 1, 2027.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7438 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7438A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **59–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Morales — primary (person)
- Ruggiero — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-11** 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/17/2022)
- **2022-02-17** 02/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2022)
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-04-11** 04/11/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-28** 04/28/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-29** 06/29/2022 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/3464ba18-5211-4505-ab7a-35c1588b9b3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).