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Bill AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- PROTECTION OF TREES AND PLANTS GENERALLY -- RHODE ISLAND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT ACT Prohibits the importation, disbursement, distribution, or sale, of any species of non-native (exotic) terrestrial invasive plants. us/states/ri Rhode Island General Assembly 2026 HB 7071 Rhode Island HB 7071 (2026)
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Rhode Island HB 7071 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- PROTECTION OF TREES AND PLANTS GENERALLY -- RHODE ISLAND INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT ACT

Prohibits the importation, disbursement, distribution, or sale, of any species of non-native (exotic) terrestrial invasive plants.

Version chain

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

  1. 7071 SUB A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 667 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bennett — primary (person)
  • Boylan — primary (person)
  • Carson — primary (person)
  • Cortvriend — primary (person)
  • Donovan — primary (person)
  • Kislak — primary (person)
  • McGaw — primary (person)
  • Santucci — primary (person)
  • Speakman — primary (person)
  • Spears — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 01/14/2026 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources introduction, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-16 01/16/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/22/2026)
  • 2026-01-22 01/22/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study committee-failure
  • 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/27/2026)
  • 2026-05-22 05/22/2026 Proposed Substitute substitution
  • 2026-05-27 05/27/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-29 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/02/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-02 06/02/2026 House passed Sub A passage
  • 2026-06-10 06/10/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/11/2026) reading-3
  • 2026-06-11 06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence passage
  • 2026-06-16 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-06-19 06/19/2026 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a92802f0-65d9-4d7e-89f5-2276314d522c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).