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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- RHODE ISLAND SEED ACT (Provides that jurisdiction of all use of agricultural and vegetable seeds is vested exclusively in the director of the department of environmental management.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- RHODE ISLAND SEED ACT (Provides that jurisdiction of all use of agricultural and vegetable seeds is vested exclusively in the director of the department of environmental management.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2361"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2361 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Environment", "Food and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowley", "Felag", "Goldin", "Miller", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c7c993-6269-4fde-893b-92560e042d7f"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "2bae61fbc6b4333aef5313c8f71abb50bb4e64021cb4a154499fd4df17ecd723"
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 2361 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- RHODE ISLAND SEED ACT (Provides that jurisdiction of all use of agricultural and vegetable seeds is vested exclusively in the director of the department of environmental management.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2361 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2361A.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **680** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** 02/23/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/28/2018)
- **2018-02-28** 02/28/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-03-23** 03/23/2018 Scheduled for consideration (03/28/2018)
- **2018-03-28** 03/28/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** 04/03/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/05/2018)
- **2018-04-05** 04/05/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee transferred to House Corporations
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/21/2018)
- **2018-06-21** 06/21/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/22/2018)
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 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/f0c7c993-6269-4fde-893b-92560e042d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).