---
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: "SB 2350"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2350 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coyne", "Crowley", "Goldin", "Miller", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2425293-f710-46a2-8529-7afadac34f0e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "379d0bfeae8f142e31b84c6f2c30e3f9cc2ee5d0f6fee32ffd74862da04dda27"
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 SB 2350 (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. **2350 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2350A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **62–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coyne — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Goldin — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** 02/15/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Education `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** 03/02/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration
- **2018-03-06** 03/06/2018 Meeting postponed (03/07/2018)
- **2018-03-09** 03/09/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/14/2018)
- **2018-03-14** 03/14/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-20** 04/20/2018 Scheduled for consideration (04/25/2018)
- **2018-04-25** 04/25/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** 04/26/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/02/2018)
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-03** 05/03/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-25** 05/25/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 House 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/a2425293-f710-46a2-8529-7afadac34f0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).