Bills Introduced to the Rhode Island Senate (Environment & Agriculture Committee), February 8-10
Significant Rewrites with Statewide Impact
| S0185 | From the official description: “This act would establish procedures and requirements for the recycling of used or waste cooking oil…” Companion to H5203 |
| S0186 | Changes various exemptions to the “Hazardous Waste Cleanup” law. Companion to H5287 |
| S0188 | New rules for recycling dry-cell batteries. |
| S0266 | Prohibits surgical “debarking” or silencing of dogs and cats. |
Targeted Changes with Statewide Impact
| S0184 | Allows municipalities to regulate “construction and demolition debris processing facilities” |
| S0187 | Removes from the law the specific amounts that electric and gas companies are to charge their customers for “demand side management programs”. Companion to H5281 |
We would like to file a protest that we were not officially included in Bill S0266. This is wrong.