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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION, PACKAGING, AND RECYCLING PLAN"
description: "Provides extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, recycling of beverage containers, and provides general provisions for oversight of single-stage producer organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 996"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 996 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Britto", "Gu", "LaMountain", "Lawson", "McKenney", "Murray", "Sosnowski", "Tikoian", "Urso", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-02"
last_action: "2025-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a084b95-3fb8-46fa-a8d1-cd08de1b42b7"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "ca8917e79ac881f6f893467fb383a58c21c39f1ac1bf885b706ce55df6ab70c3"
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 996 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION ANALYSIS FOR A BEVERAGE CONTAINER REDEMPTION, PACKAGING, AND RECYCLING PLAN
Provides extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper, recycling of beverage containers, and provides general provisions for oversight of single-stage producer organizations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **996 SUB A as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/SenateText25/S0996Aaa.pdf)
## Votes
- Approval of Amendment — **360** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Britto — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- LaMountain — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- McKenney — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Urso — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/07/2025)
- **2025-05-07** 05/07/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-20** 06/20/2025 House passed Sub A as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-25** 06/25/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-30** 06/30/2025 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/0a084b95-3fb8-46fa-a8d1-cd08de1b42b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).