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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)"
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description: "AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 78"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 78 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Environment", "Gas", "Health & Safety", "State Affairs", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cano", "Coyne", "Euer", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "McCaffrey", "Murray", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-01-26"
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last_action: "2021-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f8e1964-3d3a-4476-b550-39d4f0b99e77"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "72d98010e1424d356eac3c407e0f9c6963521c48c62c81872b5f3d7b95065e9a"
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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 78 (2021) — AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE (Establishes a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate.)
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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. **78 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/SenateText21/S0078A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **51–21** (pass) · upper
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- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE — **33–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cano — primary (person)
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- Coyne — primary (person)
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- Euer — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-26** 01/26/2021 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-29** 01/29/2021 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/03/2021)
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- **2021-02-03** 02/03/2021 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
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- **2021-02-26** 02/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/03/2021)
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- **2021-03-02** 03/02/2021 Proposed Substitute
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- **2021-03-03** 03/03/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-09** 03/09/2021 Placed on Senate Calendar (03/16/2021)
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- **2021-03-16** 03/16/2021 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2021-03-18** 03/18/2021 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-26** 03/26/2021 Scheduled for consideration (03/30/2021)
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- **2021-03-30** 03/30/2021 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-02** 04/02/2021 Placed on House Calendar (04/06/2021)
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- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2021-04-06** 04/06/2021 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-10** 04/10/2021 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/1f8e1964-3d3a-4476-b550-39d4f0b99e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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