---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- PROTECTION OF TREES AND PLANTS GENERALLY -- RHODE ISLAND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT ACT"
description: "Prohibits the importation, disbursement, distribution, or sale, of any species of non-native (exotic) terrestrial invasive plants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 7071"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7071 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Santucci", "Speakman", "Spears"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a92802f0-65d9-4d7e-89f5-2276314d522c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "cfd05cf497d29b7acef99b8f143bad556fb8d0a3f3d83b30c36ca10d1e56e1c8"
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 7071 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- PROTECTION OF TREES AND PLANTS GENERALLY -- RHODE ISLAND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT ACT

Prohibits the importation, disbursement, distribution, or sale, of any species of non-native (exotic) terrestrial invasive plants.

## Version chain

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

1. **7071 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7071A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Santucci — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
- Spears — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/22/2026)
- **2026-01-22** 01/22/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2026)
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-19** 06/19/2026 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/a92802f0-65d9-4d7e-89f5-2276314d522c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).