republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/sb-2446.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 HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.)	AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	SB 2446	Rhode Island SB 2446 (2022)	bill		enacted	Burke DiMario Gallo Goodwin Kallman Lawson McCaffrey Miller Ruggerio Sosnowski	1	12	2	2022-03-01	2022-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1d219d7d-40cb-4fd1-9bd0-0d5506231b4b	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	a91166326960537db02f8fba2b5dd27295b25c9b9791a8515d609b0cd77ed9d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ri

Rhode Island SB 2446 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION ACT (Creates the "Plastic Waste Reduction Act" designed to reduce the use of plastic bags by retail establishments by offering recyclable bag options and providing penalties for violations.)

Version chain

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

1. 2446 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 32–4 (pass) · upper
• IN CONCURRENCE — 60–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burke — primary (person)
• DiMario — primary (person)
• Gallo — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Kallman — primary (person)
• Lawson — primary (person)
• McCaffrey — primary (person)
• Miller — primary (person)
• Ruggerio — primary (person)
• Sosnowski — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-01 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture introduction, referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022)
• 2022-03-30 03/30/2022 Committee recommends passage committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-05 04/05/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/07/2022) reading-3
• 2022-04-07 04/07/2022 Senate read and passed passage
• 2022-04-08 04/08/2022 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-06-03 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
• 2022-06-08 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-06-19 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) reading-3
• 2022-06-21 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence passage
• 2022-06-27 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-06-27 06/27/2022 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d219d7d-40cb-4fd1-9bd0-0d5506231b4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).