---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2044"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2044 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Coyne", "DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Kallman", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Pearson", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88e8988f-0652-4269-8eb2-30ff2606197e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "49d272c7337a7ae2aad8dbde27b2c8c43a74042b5219566f9cf4c4eaa32b1cfa"
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 2044 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package in Rhode Island which contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2044 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2044A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cano — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Pearson — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-04** 03/04/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/09/2022)
- **2022-03-09** 03/09/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 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/88e8988f-0652-4269-8eb2-30ff2606197e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).