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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024"
description: "Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5019"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5019 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Casey", "Cortvriend", "Kislak", "Knight", "McGaw", "Noret", "Read", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/661c4cc0-797a-4b57-9594-7b5bd7b77588"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "75d1cb2dcdba1ddb47242170b4a03198b7dd3b82ab2c7127b923290d335e39ef"
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 HB 5019 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024
Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale or distributing for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS as of January 1, 2027.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **5019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5019.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **700** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bennett — primary (person)
- Boylan — primary (person)
- Casey — primary (person)
- Cortvriend — primary (person)
- Kislak — primary (person)
- Knight — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Read — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-10** 01/10/2025 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** 01/31/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/06/2025)
- **2025-02-06** 02/06/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-02-21** 02/21/2025 Scheduled for consideration (02/27/2025)
- **2025-02-27** 02/27/2025 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Placed on House Calendar (03/06/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** 03/06/2025 House read and passed `passage`
- **2025-03-21** 03/21/2025 Referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18** 04/18/2025 Scheduled for consideration
- **2025-04-21** 04/21/2025 Meeting postponed (04/23/2025)
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for consideration (05/07/2025)
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** 05/30/2025 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/05/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-05** 06/05/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-10** 06/10/2025 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/661c4cc0-797a-4b57-9594-7b5bd7b77588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).