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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (Exempts not-for-profit food banks from the registration requirements under the \"solicitation by charitable organizations\" statute.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (Exempts not-for-profit food banks from the registration requirements under the \"solicitation by charitable organizations\" statute.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "HB 7911"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 7911 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Cardillo", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Kazarian", "Noret", "Tanzi"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-07"
+last_action: "2022-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5310250f-fcf4-4633-bf0c-54a1fb424427"
+source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
+source_hash: "d01e40f065ec1335434f5e74109ccb2b933396897579d0d67296a85d77ac9fa5"
+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 7911 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (Exempts not-for-profit food banks from the registration requirements under the "solicitation by charitable organizations" statute.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **7911 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7911A.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alzate — primary (person)
+- Batista — primary (person)
+- Cardillo — primary (person)
+- Casimiro — primary (person)
+- Corvese — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Kazarian — primary (person)
+- Noret — primary (person)
+- Tanzi — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-07** 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
+- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
+- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
+- **2022-05-16** 05/16/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
+- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
+- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
+- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/5310250f-fcf4-4633-bf0c-54a1fb424427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+