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type: "Bill"
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title: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE (Creates a 16 member joint commission to study and provide recommendations to protect our environment from plastic bottle waste, and who would report back to the General Assembly by February 28, 2024, and expire on June 30, 2024.)"
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description: "JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE (Creates a 16 member joint commission to study and provide recommendations to protect our environment from plastic bottle waste, and who would report back to the General Assembly by February 28, 2024, and expire on June 30, 2024.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HR 5502"
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citation: "Rhode Island HR 5502 (2023)"
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classification: ["resolution"]
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subjects: ["Environment", "Health & Safety", "Litter", "Recycling", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Caldwell", "Cortvriend", "Cruz", "Fogarty", "Kislak", "Knight", "McEntee", "McGaw", "Potter"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-10"
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last_action: "2023-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad3edbae-b8b3-414a-b10b-708a0b3dac23"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "f86f1bba4a5f880067f94f88d93d16d3a09e02bc12700c0dedce3671be0af83e"
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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 HR 5502 (2023) — JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION TO STUDY AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FROM PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE (Creates a 16 member joint commission to study and provide recommendations to protect our environment from plastic bottle waste, and who would report back to the General Assembly by February 28, 2024, and expire on June 30, 2024.)
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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. **5502 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/HouseText23/H5502A.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **69–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Caldwell — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Cruz — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- Knight — primary (person)
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- McEntee — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Potter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-10** 02/10/2023 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-17** 03/17/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/23/2023)
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- **2023-03-23** 03/23/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2023-06-10** 06/10/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/12/2023)
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- **2023-06-11** 06/11/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/14/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 House passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2023-06-14** 06/14/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
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- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-23** 06/23/2023 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/ad3edbae-b8b3-414a-b10b-708a0b3dac23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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