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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Authorizes the directors of the departments of environmental management and health to enforce the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act as it pertains to commercial growers of fruits and vegetables.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Authorizes the directors of the departments of environmental management and health to enforce the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act as it pertains to commercial growers of fruits and vegetables.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 720"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 720 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Food and Drugs", "Agriculture", "Health & Safety", "Environment"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Calkin", "Conley", "Coyne", "Miller", "Sosnowski"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-04-06"
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last_action: "2017-07-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24ac47a-ab3d-499b-8eef-adb41907ec22"
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source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
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source_hash: "a6b33414b5785d14cbc630404ca1df1e48686d41db8b33680cedf4fd4e9da9b9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
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---
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# Rhode Island SB 720 (2017) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (Authorizes the directors of the departments of environmental management and health to enforce the Federal Food Safety Modernization Act as it pertains to commercial growers of fruits and vegetables.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **720 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText17/SenateText17/S0720A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- DEPT. OF ENVIRON. MANAGEMENT — **35–0** (pass) · legislature
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Calkin — primary (person)
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- Conley — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-04-06** 04/06/2017 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee, introduction`
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- **2017-04-07** 04/07/2017 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/12/2017)
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- **2017-04-12** 04/12/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2017-06-02** 06/02/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2017)
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- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommended indefinite postponement
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- **2017-06-07** 06/07/2017 Committee recommended Substitute A be held for further study
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- **2017-06-09** 06/09/2017 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2017)
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- **2017-06-14** 06/14/2017 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-20** 06/20/2017 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2017)
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- **2017-06-27** 06/27/2017 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/28/2017)
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- **2017-06-28** 06/28/2017 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2017-07-18** 07/18/2017 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-07-19** 07/19/2017 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24ac47a-ab3d-499b-8eef-adb41907ec22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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