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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL"
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description: "Creates rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities that choose to participate. Reports to be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and submitted to the department of environmental management."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
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legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 7222"
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citation: "Rhode Island HB 7222 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bennett", "Boylan", "Carson", "Cortvriend", "Donovan", "Fogarty", "Handy", "Kislak", "McGaw", "Speakman"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2026-01-21"
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last_action: "2026-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f07ce7b3-561e-4ee7-8a8e-a74e64adcce1"
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source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
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source_hash: "4eb46b03f4fa13cf6d4245bf417b32c90538d61792ce73cc36f20e1683a1ab2c"
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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 HB 7222 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL
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Creates rodent integrated pest management pilot programs for municipalities that choose to participate. Reports to be approved by the municipality's mayor or administrator and submitted to the department of environmental management.
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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. **7222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7222.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **56–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bennett — primary (person)
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- Boylan — primary (person)
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- Carson — primary (person)
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- Cortvriend — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Fogarty — primary (person)
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- Handy — primary (person)
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- Kislak — primary (person)
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- McGaw — primary (person)
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- Speakman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-21** 01/21/2026 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government & Housing `introduction, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
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- **2026-01-30** 01/30/2026 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (02/03/2026)
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- **2026-02-19** 02/19/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/26/2026)
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- **2026-02-26** 02/26/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
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- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/26/2026)
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- **2026-05-27** 05/27/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/03/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-03** 06/03/2026 House read and passed `passage`
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- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
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- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
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- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/f07ce7b3-561e-4ee7-8a8e-a74e64adcce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
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