Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session Status: In Committee 10 D cosponsors

HB 5171 — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - REFUSE DISPOSAL - FOOD WASTE BAN (Requires a covered entity generating organic waste materials of more than 52 tons/year and located less than 30 miles from an authorized composting facility or anaerobic digestion facility to recycle the waste at that facility beginning January 1, 2024.)

Last action — 02/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. 02/16/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study

  2. 02/10/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/16/2023)

  3. 01/19/2023 Introduced, referred to House Environment and Natural Resources

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10 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 104 not signed on

Sponsors (10)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (104)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 5171?
HB 5171 is sponsored by Jason Knight (Democratic), Kathleen A. Fogarty (Democratic), Susan R. Donovan (Democratic), Carol Hagan McEntee (Democratic), June Speakman (Democratic), David A. Bennett (Democratic), Jennifer Smith Boylan (Democratic), Lauren H. Carson (Democratic), Michelle E. McGaw (Democratic), and Terri Cortvriend (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 5171?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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