---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Restricts the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Restricts the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2299"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2299 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Coyne", "DiMario", "Euer", "Kallman", "Miller", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41539ad-82ad-46e7-bf82-71b0360450af"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4022ac416e1ed60657fb5f5223bb083b701a2ef4b248d68700655c2da5e2cabe"
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 2299 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (Restricts the use of neonicotinoids which are a class of insecticides.)

## Version chain

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

1. **2299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2299.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–5** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **52–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Coyne — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Euer — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** 02/15/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** 04/01/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/06/2022)
- **2022-04-06** 04/06/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/18/2022)
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-18** 05/18/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/09/2022)
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-09** 06/09/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/14/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/22/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/f41539ad-82ad-46e7-bf82-71b0360450af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).