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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Prohibits the advertising of unhealthy food and beverage products in schools that do not meet minimum federal and state governmental nutrition standards.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Prohibits the advertising of unhealthy food and beverage products in schools that do not meet minimum federal and state governmental nutrition standards.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 7419"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7419 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Donovan", "McNamara", "O'Brien"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-02"
+last_action: "2018-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95025c8b-a6c6-4d68-8771-419c621ff30e"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "412f1413ca33f4b284681222c7628d7206a40ea536a90a9b4fbb87e65e49edc4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 7419 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PUPILS (Prohibits the advertising of unhealthy food and beverage products in schools that do not meet minimum federal and state governmental nutrition standards.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7419 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7419A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **58–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ackerman — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- McNamara — primary (person)
+- O'Brien — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
+- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
+- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2018)
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
+- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2018)
+- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-06-04** 06/04/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95025c8b-a6c6-4d68-8771-419c621ff30e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+