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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS (Repeals the current chapter of the general laws regarding immunity for food donors to food banks, and would adopt a new chapter with comprehensive immunity provisions for persons involved in donating food to food banks.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS (Repeals the current chapter of the general laws regarding immunity for food donors to food banks, and would adopt a new chapter with comprehensive immunity provisions for persons involved in donating food to food banks.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 5322"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 5322 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Food and Drugs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado", "Marszalkowski", "McKiernan", "Millea", "Shanley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-07"
+last_action: "2019-07-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/293e5a0c-0708-48fa-93fd-fd2a939bf809"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "63799618dc7e306303b622bc41c89567590f503ddd17740779cfe254eb5910a8"
+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 5322 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS - FOOD DONATIONS (Repeals the current chapter of the general laws regarding immunity for food donors to food banks, and would adopt a new chapter with comprehensive immunity provisions for persons involved in donating food to food banks.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **5322 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H5322aa.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AS AMENDED — **72–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **71–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Maldonado — primary (person)
+- Marszalkowski — primary (person)
+- McKiernan — primary (person)
+- Millea — primary (person)
+- Shanley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-07** 02/07/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-15** 02/15/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (02/27/2019)
+- **2019-02-27** 02/27/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
+- **2019-04-05** 04/05/2019 Scheduled for consideration (04/10/2019)
+- **2019-04-10** 04/10/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-15** 04/15/2019 Placed on House Calendar (04/25/2019)
+- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
+- **2019-04-30** 04/30/2019 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/06/2019)
+- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-25** 06/25/2019 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/26/2019)
+- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-07-03** 07/03/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/293e5a0c-0708-48fa-93fd-fd2a939bf809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+