Rhode Island · class B firefighting foam
For Rhode Island, product category is class B firefighting foam; effective date is 2025-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.18-5 (RI Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, P.L. 2024, ch. 344); pfas definition is intentionally added PFAS, recorded from its source on 2026-10-06.
- State
- Rhode Island our reading
- Product Category
- class B firefighting foam verified
- Effective Date
- 2025-01-01 our reading
- Restriction Type
- sale ban our reading
- Statute / Bill
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.18-5 (RI Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, P.L. 2024, ch. 344) our reading
- PFAS Definition
- intentionally added PFAS
- Exemptions
- manufacture, sale or distribution where the inclusion of PFAS chemicals is required by federal law our reading
Verified
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What the source says
(c) Beginning January 1, 2025, a manufacturer of class B firefighting foam may not manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use or use in this state class B firefighting foam to which PFAS have been intentionally added.
— webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Exemptions
(d) The restrictions in subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to any manufacture, sale, or distribution of class B firefighting foam where the inclusion of PFAS chemicals are required by federal law, including, but not limited to, the requirements of 14 C.F.R. § 139.317, as that section existed as of January 1, 2022.
— all from webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-10-06
Source
- webserver.rilegislature.govhttps://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.18/23-18.18-5.htm