# Rhode Island · menstrual products — US state PFAS product restriction effective dates by category

For Rhode Island, product category is menstrual products; effective date is 2027-01-01; restriction type is sale ban; statute / bill is R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.18-4 (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; source re-checked 2026-10-07.

- **State:** Rhode Island _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Product Category:** menstrual products _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Effective Date:** 2027-01-01 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction Type:** sale ban _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute / Bill:** R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-18.18-4 (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:** the sale or resale of used products _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a) Except as provided otherwise in this section, on and after January 1, 2027, no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the state any covered product that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS.

## Where each value comes from

These values are stated in different places, and not all on the same page, so each is shown with the passage that states it and the source that passage came from.

### Product Category

> (7) “Covered product” means the following: (i) Artificial turf; (ii) Carpets or rugs; (iii) Cookware; (iv) Cosmetics; (v) Fabric treatments; (vi) Juvenile products; (vii) Menstrual products;

Source: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.18/23-18.18-3.htm

### Exemptions

> (e) This section shall not apply to the sale or resale of used products.

Source: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.18/23-18.18-4.htm

## Source

- https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.18/23-18.18-4.htm
- https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-18.18/23-18.18-3.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/).