# Rhode Island · class B firefighting foam — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Product Category:** class B firefighting foam _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2025-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute / Bill:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.18-5 (RI Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, P.L. 2024, ch. 344) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **PFAS Definition:** intentionally added PFAS
- **Exemptions:** manufacture, sale or distribution where the inclusion of PFAS chemicals is required by federal law _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## 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.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### 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.

## Source

- https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.18/23-18.18-5.htm

Last verified: 2026-10-06. Review by: 2027-01-04.
Part of [US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category](https://referencesource.org/state-pfas-product-restrictions/).