| RI | H5493 | Engross
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BUILDING DECARBONIZATION ACT OF 2025 - Establishes a program for the energy and water benchmarking of large buildings in Rhode Island and a standard for their energy performance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | H5555 | Engross
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE - Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care shou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | H5822 | Engross
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- SOLAR SITING ADVISORY TASKFORCE - Creates a taskforce to provide recommendations, advice and guidance to help expedite and provide technical assistance with regard to the development of solar energy systems on propert...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S1120 | Intro
Sine Die | AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- OLD GROWTH FOREST PROTECTION ACT - Creates the Old Growth Forest Protection Act to provide protection for state-owned forestland in their natural state prohibiting extractive logging and clearcutting in any forest on state...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S1121 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING - Allows preferred sites to be developed without being subject to the cap or rate reduction in the net metering statute.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | H5447 | Engross
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- TRADE IN FARMED ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS - Prohibits a person to sell, offer for sale, display for sale or otherwise distribute a farmed animal fur product within the state and provides graduated civil pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-23
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S1038 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACT - Establishes requirements which would have to be met by an applicant prior to the issuing of permits for an activity that would have an environmental impact on or would increase the cumulativ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0997 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BEVERAGE CONTAINERS RECYCLING ACT - Establishes the Beverage Container Recycling Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-07
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0891 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION - Requires the PUC to produce report on comprehensive study by April 30, 2026.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0890 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- NET METERING - Changes the excess renewable net-metering credit to a wholesale rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0939 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR PACKAGING AND PAPER ACT - Creates the extended producer responsibility for packaging and paper program for the recycling of packaging and paper products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0406 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- MICROPLASTICS REDUCTION ACT - Creates the Microplastics Reduction Act to prohibit the sale or distribution of products containing synthetic polymer micro particles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0862 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT - Requires applications for energy facilities to take into consideration the 2021 Act on Climate and how the facility may advance or delay the greenhouse gas emissions reductions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0641 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WORKS -- STATE PURCHASES -- LEAD BY EXAMPLE ACT - Takes several measures to lead by example by banning state purchases of plastic bottles, and requires state funds to be used to lease or purchase electric vehicles and renewable en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0864 | Intro
Sine Die | FISH AND WILDLIFE -- HUNTING AND HUNTING SAFETY -- WILDLIFE KILLING CONTEST - Bans wildlife killing contests on both public and private lands in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0399 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE - Requires the executive climate change coordinating council to evaluate and make recommendations for the use of carbon emissions removal technology as an alternative to reducing carbon emiss...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0024 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HIGH HEAT WASTE FACILITY ACT - Provides for a prohibition on the licensing of any new high-heat waste facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0091 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- BUILDING DECARBONIZATION ACT OF 2024 - Establishes the environmental justice advisory board (EJAB) to implement standards for buildings that emit greenhouse gases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0407 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN HEAT STANDARD ACT - Created the Rhode Island clean heat standards act to implement a system of tradeable clean heat credits earned from the delivery of clean heat measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0652 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- REFUSE DISPOSAL - Adds advanced recycling as a definition for refuse disposal. Adds the advanced recycling facility that means a facility that receives, stores and converts post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks using advance...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0863 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT - Requires the producer of artificial turf and turf infill sold or distributed in Rhode Island to report its chain of custody, from installation to use, repurposing, recycling and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0645 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Exempts certain products that have PFAS if deemed safe by FDA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-02
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0643 | Intro
Sine Die | FISH AND WILDLIFE -- SHELLFISH - Creates a shellfish hatchery program established by the department of environmental management to foster sustainable development and resiliency of the state's shellfish industry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0642 | Intro
Sine Die | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- UNIFORM SEPTAGE DISPOSAL FEE - Establishes a uniform wastewater disposal fee in the amount of fifteen cents ($.15) per every ten thousand gallons of wastewater effluent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0775 | Intro
Sine Die | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - Replaces the coastal resources management council with a state department of coastal resources and transfer all of the powers and duties between the two (2) authorities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0181 | Intro
Sine Die | WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL - This act would require that a super majority of three-fifths (3/5) of the duly appointed council is required to override a recommendation by the CRMC staff.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0403 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- FORCE-FED POULTRY PRODUCTS - Prohibits force-feeding to create a force-fed poultry product or the hiring of another to engage in force-feeding of a poultry product. Violations would be subject to a civil penalty of $500 per violatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0025 | Intro
Sine Die | COMMERCIAL LAW -- GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS -- TRADE IN FARMED ANIMAL FUR PRODUCTS - Prohibits a person to sell, offer for sale, display for sale or otherwise distribute a farmed animal fur product within the state and provides graduated civil pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0648 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE - Requires veterinarians to provide consultations to animal owners when a drug is prescribed and dispensed for that annual patient.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0398 | Intro
Sine Die | ANIMALS AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY -- PSITTACINE BIRDS - Bans the sale of parrots at pet stores from a breeder or broker. The pet store may sell parrots obtained from animal care facilities or animal rescue organizations. The sale would also be prohibited ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0647 | Intro
Sine Die | BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- VETERINARY PRACTICE - Authorizes veterinarians to establish a client-patient relationship through electronic means, subject to limitations and requirements such as Vet making a good faith effort to determine if care shou...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0090 | Intro
Sine Die | FOOD AND DRUGS -- MILK SANITATION CODE - Permits and legalize the sale of raw milk.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0646 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL - Restricts application of pesticides and rodenticides at schools and child care centers and requires schools to provide copies of notice to parents and guardians.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-19
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0401 | Intro
Sine Die | MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY OF MOTOR VEHICLE NON-EXHAUST PARTICLE EMISSIONS - Requires the department of transportation, in consultation with the department of environmental management also to conduct an environmental impac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0326 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND CLIMATE SUPERFUND ACT OF 2025 - Establishes the Rhode Island Climate Superfund Act cost recovery program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0087 | Intro
Sine Die | FISH AND WILDLIFE -- COMMERCIAL FISHERIES - Creates commercial dock space for businesses subject to being reviewed by the DEM. Would also include commercial fishers to be eligible for a grant program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-12
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0402 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY SECURITY ACT - Makes several amendments relative to the affordable clean energy security act establishing the act's priority over chapter 6.2 of title 42 (2021 act on climate).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0408 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- ENERGY FACILITY SITING ACT - Increases the membership of the energy facility siting board from 3 to 5 members and would revise the process of energy facility siting to mandate inclusion/participation of the host commun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0405 | Intro
Sine Die | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- THE RHODE ISLAND CLEAN AIR PRESERVATION ACT - Establishes the Rhode Island Clean Air Preservation Act that establishes a regulatory process to prohibit polluting atmospheric experimentation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0400 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE - Repeals the 2021 Act on Climate which established a statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction mandate in its entirety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0404 | Intro
Sine Die | PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS -- RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARD - Requires the PUC to make public notification of any changes in eligibility or production of energy, and would direct the commission to promulgate rules and regulations to allow and facilita...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-02-26
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0089 | Intro
Sine Die | STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- 2021 ACT ON CLIMATE - Incorporates ethical energy standards to the 2021 Act on Climate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
| RI | S0088 | Intro
Sine Die | TOWNS AND CITIES -- STATEWIDE MUNICIPAL SOLAR PERMIT - Requires as part of the solar permit application an assessment on carbon-neutral, a solar permit would only be approved if it was carbon neutral based on the assessment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-01-31
To Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee |
