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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE CONTAINERS (Prohibits a covered establishment from preparing, selling, processing or providing food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE CONTAINERS (Prohibits a covered establishment from preparing, selling, processing or providing food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 14 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environment", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety", "Recycling", "Waste (Hazardous/Solid/Toxic)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Gu", "Kallman", "Lauria", "Miller", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aceecb6-22eb-48ee-a769-574ba34d91a6"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "30aee469e7c8491a6ce17a083c2e926d87e51bed96c87d7ee7e590c01a5e2258"
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 14 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- DISPOSABLE FOOD SERVICE CONTAINERS (Prohibits a covered establishment from preparing, selling, processing or providing food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **14 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0014B.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **6310** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **325** (pass) · upper
- In Concurrence — **324** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-18** 01/18/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** 04/21/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/26/2023)
- **2023-04-26** 04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for consideration
- **2023-05-16** 05/16/2023 Meeting postponed (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-19** 05/19/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/25/2023)
- **2023-05-24** 05/24/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-25** 05/25/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/01/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-02** 06/02/2023 Scheduled for consideration (06/07/2023)
- **2023-06-05** 06/05/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-06-07** 06/07/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/13/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 House passed Sub B `passage`
- **2023-06-13** 06/13/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/15/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-19** 06/19/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-22** 06/22/2023 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/4aceecb6-22eb-48ee-a769-574ba34d91a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).