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6/5/2023
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MEDIA ADVISORY: House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to vote Wed. on foam container ban
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STATE HOUSE – The House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources is scheduled to meet Wednesday, June 7, at the rise of the House (sometime after 5:00 p.m.) in Room 135 on the first floor of the State House. The committee will vote on six bills and hear one.
Among the bills to be voted on are:
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2023-H 5090A — This bill, introduced by House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Chairman David A. Bennett (D-Dist. 20, Warwick, Cranston), would prohibit a covered establishment from preparing, selling, processing or providing food or beverages in or on a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam (commonly known as Styrofoam).
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2023-H 6342 — This bill, introduced by Rep. Megan L. Cotter (D-Dist. 39, Exeter, Hopkinton, Richmond), would create a 12-member legislative commission to evaluate and provide recommendations on proper forest management for fire prevention, and report back to the House no later than February 28, 2024.
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2023-H 5863A — This bill, introduced by Rep. Tina L. Spears (D-Dist. 36, Charlestown, Westerly, South Kingstown, New Shoreham), would provide amendments to multiple sections of law related to the marine fisheries council.
The meeting will be televised by Capitol Television, which can be seen on channels 15 and 61 for high definition by Cox Communications subscribers, channel 15 for i3Broadband (formerly Full Channel) viewers and channel 34 for Verizon subscribers. Livestreaming is available at https://www.rilegislature.gov/CapTV/Pages/default.aspx.
Click here for information about how to submit testimony.
For more information, contact:
Fil Eden, Publicist
State House Room 20
Providence, RI 02903
401.222.1886
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