---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION, PACKAGING, AND RECYCLING PLAN"
description: "Provides extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, recycling of beverage containers, and provides general provisions for oversight of single-stage producer organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6207"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6207 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Handy", "Kazarian", "Knight", "McEntee", "McGaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-09"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/020d5898-9052-43c7-970f-1b59941f8f2e"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e1ddbc7a13b93ad211eefb6c597c46392ff62741137091967851d2ae09f54858"
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 6207 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION, PACKAGING, AND RECYCLING PLAN

Provides extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, recycling of beverage containers, and provides general provisions for oversight of single-stage producer organizations.

## Version chain

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

1. **6207 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6207Aaa.pdf)

## Votes

- AS AMENDED — **58–11** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **64–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Handy — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McEntee — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-09** 04/09/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** 05/09/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/13/2025)
- **2025-05-13** 05/13/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/020d5898-9052-43c7-970f-1b59941f8f2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).