---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION"
description: "Requires payments by the corporation increase from a $3.00 tipping fee per vehicle to a $6.00 tipping fee per vehicle, unless exempt. This act would also require fees be paid to Johnston on an annual rather than a biannual basis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 6351"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6351 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Costantino", "Fascia", "Fellela", "Perez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-05-16"
last_action: "2025-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677db5d2-7f27-4554-852a-0a5122d7e9f8"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c6c16e713cea6f1799be3f7731234504a0aded756baf1b2a7dcea23743001858"
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 6351 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- RHODE ISLAND RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION

Requires payments by the corporation increase from a $3.00 tipping fee per vehicle to a $6.00 tipping fee per vehicle, unless exempt. This act would also require fees be paid to Johnston on an annual rather than a biannual basis.

## Version chain

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

1. **6351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H6351.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-16** 05/16/2025 Introduced, referred to House Finance `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/03/2025)
- **2025-06-03** 06/03/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2025)
- **2025-06-12** 06/12/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** 06/13/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/16/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-26** 06/26/2025 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677db5d2-7f27-4554-852a-0a5122d7e9f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).