republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7438.md

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Bill	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024. Provisions of § 23-18.13-3(g)(3) sunset on July 1, 2027.)	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024. Provisions of § 23-18.13-3(g)(3) sunset on July 1, 2027.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	HB 7438	Rhode Island HB 7438 (2022)	bill		enacted	Carson Cortvriend Donovan Fogarty Kislak Marszalkowski McGaw Morales Ruggiero Speakman	1	15	1	2022-02-11	2022-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/3464ba18-5211-4505-ab7a-35c1588b9b3d	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	732e3fe6b7ca24d7ca0ab256f8e5f43edccef28abe25f295369822e1d703d473	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island HB 7438 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT (Prohibits the sale or promotional distribution of any food package containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), effective January 1, 2024. Provisions of § 23-18.13-3(g)(3) sunset on July 1, 2027.)

Version chain

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

1. 7438 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 59–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carson — primary (person)
• Cortvriend — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Fogarty — primary (person)
• Kislak — primary (person)
• Marszalkowski — primary (person)
• McGaw — primary (person)
• Morales — primary (person)
• Ruggiero — primary (person)
• Speakman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-11 02/11/2022 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-02-11 02/11/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/17/2022)
• 2022-02-17 02/17/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
• 2022-04-08 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/11/2022)
• 2022-04-08 04/08/2022 Proposed Substitute substitution
• 2022-04-11 04/11/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-22 04/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (04/28/2022) reading-3
• 2022-04-28 04/28/2022 House passed Sub A passage
• 2022-05-20 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-06-17 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2022)
• 2022-06-21 06/21/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-23 06/23/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/23/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-23 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
• 2022-06-24 06/24/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-29 06/29/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3464ba18-5211-4505-ab7a-35c1588b9b3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).