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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT"
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description: "Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in food packaging until January 1, 2025, and in processing agents until July 1, 2027."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 2850"
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citation: "Rhode Island SB 2850 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "DiMario", "Gu", "Kallman", "LaMountain", "Miller", "Murray", "Valverde"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-03-22"
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last_action: "2024-06-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/262b7025-ba9c-409f-8fd8-ad6b08e06020"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "89ffe668a305cd27fc0a3834d415f497f954e4b0c420e71e43a43207f8f55af2"
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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 2850 (2024) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- TOXIC PACKAGING REDUCTION ACT
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Updates the existing Toxic Packaging Act by delaying the ban on PFAS in food packaging until January 1, 2025, and in processing agents until July 1, 2027.
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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. **2850 SUB B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText24/SenateText24/S2850B.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **67–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Britto — primary (person)
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- DiMario — primary (person)
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- Gu — primary (person)
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- Kallman — primary (person)
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- LaMountain — primary (person)
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- Miller — primary (person)
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- Murray — primary (person)
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- Valverde — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-03-22** 03/22/2024 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-29** 03/29/2024 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/03/2024)
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- **2024-04-03** 04/03/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2024-05-03** 05/03/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/08/2024)
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- **2024-05-07** 05/07/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-08** 05/08/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-09** 05/09/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/16/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-05-16** 05/16/2024 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
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- **2024-05-17** 05/17/2024 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-19** 05/19/2024 Scheduled for consideration
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- **2024-05-20** 05/20/2024 Meeting postponed (05/21/2024)
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Scheduled for consideration (05/28/2024)
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- **2024-05-24** 05/24/2024 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
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- **2024-05-28** 05/28/2024 Committee recommends passage of Sub B `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-31** 05/31/2024 Placed on House Calendar (06/05/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-05** 06/05/2024 House passed Sub B `passage`
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- **2024-06-07** 06/07/2024 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2024) `reading-3`
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- **2024-06-11** 06/11/2024 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence `passage`
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- **2024-06-12** 06/12/2024 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-17** 06/17/2024 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/262b7025-ba9c-409f-8fd8-ad6b08e06020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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