---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL WASTE RECYCLING AND REFUSE DISPOSAL"
description: "Amends certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2438"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2438 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Euer", "Gu", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Mack", "McKenney", "Valverde", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cddbf5c-4c28-4f25-8641-0cb45d640009"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a39bac1104110aecc4170a56a7cd62a4a05c094072be53c5137dfe7644fc255b"
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 2438 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- SCHOOL WASTE RECYCLING AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

Amends certain provisions relative to school waste recycling and refuse disposal and requires reports of waste audits by educational entities and reports of program participation by vendors.

## Version chain

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

1. **2438 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2438A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–8** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Mack — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** 02/06/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** 04/10/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/15/2026)
- **2026-04-15** 04/15/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/9cddbf5c-4c28-4f25-8641-0cb45d640009`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).