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type: "Bill"
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title: "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.)"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 2446"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2446 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burke", "DiMario", "Gallo", "Goodwin", "Kallman", "Lawson", "McCaffrey", "Miller", "Ruggerio", "Sosnowski"]
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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: "2022-03-01"
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last_action: "2022-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d219d7d-40cb-4fd1-9bd0-0d5506231b4b"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "a91166326960537db02f8fba2b5dd27295b25c9b9791a8515d609b0cd77ed9d2"
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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 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.)
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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. **2446** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2446.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Passage — **32–4** (pass) · upper
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- IN CONCURRENCE — **60–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burke — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- Gallo — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- Lawson — primary (person)
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- McCaffrey — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Ruggerio — primary (person)
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- Sosnowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/30/2022)
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- **2022-03-30** 03/30/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-05** 04/05/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (04/07/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-04-07** 04/07/2022 Senate read and passed `passage`
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- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-03** 06/03/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2022)
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- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-19** 06/19/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/21/2022) `reading-3`
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- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 House passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-06-27** 06/27/2022 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/1d219d7d-40cb-4fd1-9bd0-0d5506231b4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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