---
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: "SB 27"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 27 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable Organizations", "Food and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ciccone", "Felag", "Lombardi", "Lombardo", "McCaffrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f411d46-5fa2-4d02-b4d2-537246297226"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "baec8909a576dd7b888acf52965b04487b1e1d0d7035f6a760fb861b90d021e3"
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 27 (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. **27 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0027A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **73–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ciccone — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Lombardo — primary (person)
- McCaffrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** 01/15/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19** 04/19/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/25/2019)
- **2019-04-25** 04/25/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-23** 05/23/2019 Scheduled for consideration (05/30/2019)
- **2019-05-29** 05/29/2019 Proposed Substitute
- **2019-05-30** 05/30/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/06/2019)
- **2019-06-06** 06/06/2019 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** 06/07/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/12/2019)
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 House passed Sub A 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/2f411d46-5fa2-4d02-b4d2-537246297226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).