Rhode Island legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Rhode Island H7222: AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (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.)
Status: Signed into law, June 18, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, January 21, 2026:
2026 -- H 7222 ======== LC003805 ======== STATEOFRHODEISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ ANACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL Introduced By: Representatives Kislak, Fogarty, Carson, McGaw, Boylan, Speakman, Cortvriend, Handy, Bennett, and Donovan Date Introduced: January 21, 2026 Referred To: House Municipal Government & Housing It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: SECTION 1. Section 23-25-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-25 entitled "Pesticide Control" is hereby amended to read as follows: 23-25-4. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) "Active ingredient" means any ingredient that will prevent, destroy, repel, control, or mitigate pests, or that will act as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. (2) "Adulterated" applies to any pesticide if its strength or purity falls below the professed standards of quality as expressed on its labeling under which it is sold, or if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the pesticide, or if any valuable constituent of the pesticide has been wholly or in part abstracted. (3) "Agricultural commodity" means any plant, or part of plant, or animal, or animal product, produced by a person (including farmers, ranchers, vineyardists, plant propagators, Christmas tree growers, aquaculturists, floriculturists, orchardists, foresters, or other comparable persons) primarily for sale, consumption, propagation, or other use by humans or animals. (4) …
Sponsors
- Rebecca Kislak (D, HD-004) · primary sponsor
- Kathleen Fogarty (D, HD-035)
- Lauren Carson (D, HD-075)
- McGaw, Michelle (D, HD-071)
- Jennifer Boylan (D, HD-066)
- June Speakman (D, HD-068)
- Terri-Denise Cortvriend (D, HD-072)
- Arthur Handy (D, HD-018)
- David Bennett (D, HD-020)
- Susan Donovan (D, HD-069)
Latest actions
- : Signed by Governor
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : Senate passed in concurrence
- : Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar
- : House read and passed
- : Placed on House Calendar
- : Committee recommends passage
- : Scheduled for consideration
- : Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- : Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
Votes
- House Seq #251: PASSAGE (June 3, 2026): 56 yea, 8 nay, passed
- House Committee on Municipal Government & Housing: Passage (May 26, 2026): 9 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: HEALTH AND SAFETY
Common questions
- What is H7222?
- H7222 is a bill in the Rhode Island Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- PESTICIDE CONTROL (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.).
- What is the status of H7222?
- Signed into law as of June 18, 2026. Latest action: Signed by Governor (June 18, 2026).
- Who sponsored H7222?
- Rebecca Kislak (D, HD-004), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H7222?
- On the Rhode Island Legislature website: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7222.pdf
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