# Rhode Island · firefighting personal protective equipment — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

For Rhode Island, product category is firefighting personal protective equipment; effective date is 2025-01-01; restriction type is disclosure requirement; later phase effective date is 2027-01-01; later phase restriction type is sale ban, recorded from its source on 2026-10-07.

- **State:** Rhode Island _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Product Category:** firefighting personal protective equipment _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2025-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction Type:** disclosure requirement _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Later Phase Effective Date:** 2027-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Later Phase Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute / Bill:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.18-5(l) (RI Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, as amended by RI HB 5019, P.L. 2025, ch. 21) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **PFAS Definition:** intentionally added PFAS

## What the source says

> (l)(1) Beginning January 1, 2025, a manufacturer or other person that sells firefighting personal protective equipment to any person, local government, or state agency must provide written notice to the purchaser at the time of sale if the firefighting personal protective equipment contains any PFAS. The written notice must include a statement that the firefighting personal protective equipment contains PFAS chemicals and the reason PFAS chemicals are added to the equipment.

## Where each value comes from

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

### Later Phase Effective Date

> (2) Beginning January 1, 2027, a manufacturer or other person that sells firefighting personal protective equipment to any person, local government, or state agency shall not manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS.

### Later Phase Restriction Type

> (2) Beginning January 1, 2027, a manufacturer or other person that sells firefighting personal protective equipment to any person, local government, or state agency shall not manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in the state any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally-added PFAS.

## Source

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

Last verified: 2026-10-07. Review by: 2027-01-05.
Part of [US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category](https://referencesource.org/state-pfas-product-restrictions/).