---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT"
description: "Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in food packaging until January 1, 2025, and in processing agents until July 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 7619"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7619 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casimiro", "Cortvriend", "McEntee", "Nardone", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbaf575e-176b-4fd1-8298-a7876845368e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cc3c571c51ddc87d828cdc198094959b7fed29ba87e5192928c31868de4a89d1"
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 7619 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT

Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in food packaging until January 1, 2025, and in processing agents until July 1, 2027.

## Version chain

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

1. **7619 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/HouseText24/H7619A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- Nardone — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** 02/15/2024 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/21/2024)
- **2024-03-21** 03/21/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2024-05-19** 05/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration
- **2024-05-20** 05/20/2024 Meeting postponed (05/21/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/bbaf575e-176b-4fd1-8298-a7876845368e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).