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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MERCURY REDUCTION AND EDUCATION ACT (Prohibits the sale: eff. 1/1/24 of screw/bayonet base compact fluorescent lamps; eff. 1/1/25 of pin-base type compact and linear fluorescent lamps with civil penalties for violations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MERCURY REDUCTION AND EDUCATION ACT (Prohibits the sale: eff. 1/1/24 of screw/bayonet base compact fluorescent lamps; eff. 1/1/25 of pin-base type compact and linear fluorescent lamps with civil penalties for violations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1119"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 1119 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruggerio"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-06-13"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64ca32f6-db1d-4b35-b0d7-9a9bbd13b5fa"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5bd789f53fa83b6dbdb5405db95c65207a72047f15aa6c7ad44fa0e23bf9581e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---
# Rhode Island SB 1119 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MERCURY REDUCTION AND EDUCATION ACT (Prohibits the sale: eff. 1/1/24 of screw/bayonet base compact fluorescent lamps; eff. 1/1/25 of pin-base type compact and linear fluorescent lamps with civil penalties for violations.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **1119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S1119.pdf)
## Votes
- Passage — **360** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **600** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ruggerio — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Housing and Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/15/2023)
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** 06/16/2023 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64ca32f6-db1d-4b35-b0d7-9a9bbd13b5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).