SB 241 Rhode Island Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Signed Jun 10, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2025

How they voted

320
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 36
Apr 10, 2025
D Democratic32
29 Yea 3
90% Yea
R Republican4
3 Yea 1
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Jun 10, 2025
Signed into law
06/10/2025 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
06/03/2025 House passed in concurrence
lower
May 29, 2025
Legislature · Passed
05/29/2025 Committee recommends passage in concurrence
legislature
Apr 11, 2025
Committee
04/11/2025 Referred to House Environment and Natural Resources
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
04/10/2025 Senate read and passed
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Legislature · Passed
04/02/2025 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
03/05/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
02/13/2025 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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