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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT"
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description: "Requires that the DEM rules and regulations for remediation of hazardous material releases not include any provision requiring the remediation of arsenic which is naturally occurring at levels less than nineteen parts per million (19 ppm)."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2544"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2544 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-01"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26017785-c391-4055-adcf-386bd15dbe3d"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4eadb31f218c9bf372b62c0271c3992cdf8e456789eca7b5bfcbe4feb634803a"
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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 2544 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Requires that the DEM rules and regulations for remediation of hazardous material releases not include any provision requiring the remediation of arsenic which is naturally occurring at levels less than nineteen parts per million (19 ppm).
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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. **2544 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2544A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **34–2** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- DiPalma — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-01** 03/01/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-15** 03/15/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/20/2024)
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- **2024-03-20** 03/20/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/29/2024)
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-29** 05/29/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-30** 05/30/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/04/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-06-04** 06/04/2024 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/06/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-06** 06/06/2024 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/26017785-c391-4055-adcf-386bd15dbe3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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