republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2021/sb-155.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)	AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2021	SB 155	Rhode Island SB 155 (2021)	bill	Fees Food and Drugs Health & Safety Statutes	enacted	DiMario DiPalma Euer Goodwin Kallman Lombardo McCaffrey Miller Ruggerio Valverde	1	17	3	2021-02-05	2021-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/59381bb7-727a-4309-b10c-18dfebd2bdef	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	6aa4368df2bc6a12b86177a569e507628cb89809900c07247f3527a69a4955e9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 155 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- SINGLE-USE PLASTIC STRAWS (Prohibits a food service establishment from providing a consumer with a single-use plastic straw, unless the consumer requests such a straw.)

Version chain

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

1. 155 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage — 35–2 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 59–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DiMario — primary (person)
• DiPalma — primary (person)
• Euer — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Kallman — primary (person)
• Lombardo — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)
• Valverde — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-05 02/05/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture introduction, referral-committee
• 2021-02-19 02/19/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/24/2021)
• 2021-02-24 02/24/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
• 2021-04-23 04/23/2021 Scheduled for consideration (04/28/2021)
• 2021-04-28 04/28/2021 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-28 04/28/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/04/2021)
• 2021-05-04 05/04/2021 Senate read and passed passage
• 2021-05-05 05/05/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Scheduled for consideration (06/28/2021)
• 2021-06-25 06/25/2021 Proposed Substitute
• 2021-06-28 06/28/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-29 06/29/2021 Placed on House Calendar (06/30/2021)
• 2021-06-30 06/30/2021 House passed Sub A passage
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (07/01/2021)
• 2021-07-01 07/01/2021 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2021-07-02 07/02/2021 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-07-07 07/07/2021 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59381bb7-727a-4309-b10c-18dfebd2bdef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).