---
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: "SB 2352"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2352 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Gu", "McKenney", "Urso", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-30"
last_action: "2026-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae41815d-d775-4361-8fdc-6f22aaadb41c"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "e1fae43c2ce78fe2cb4d1f53829d9ec8aacb5ee6299f3b402420930aaf67f1b3"
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 2352 (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. **2352 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2352A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **61–7** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Britto — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2026-03-27** 03/27/2026 Meeting postponed (04/01/2026)
- **2026-04-03** 04/03/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/08/2026)
- **2026-04-08** 04/08/2026 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 (06/10/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House 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/ae41815d-d775-4361-8fdc-6f22aaadb41c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).