---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT (Provides that Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation (PCAF) regulations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT (Provides that Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation (PCAF) regulations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 941"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 941 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animals", "Dept. of Environmental Management", "Food and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiPalma", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-25"
last_action: "2023-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e11f6b2-f1ec-4d0e-bb1d-8361f6b07213"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "800874ef5b82a2ed4cd6c20f155659103f3a7ef36e4e5cd579166fb6ae6f7880"
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 941 (2023) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- AGRICULTURAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT (Provides that Rhode Island assents to the provisions of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act relative to the Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation (PCAF) regulations.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **941 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText23/SenateText23/S0941A.pdf)

## Votes

- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–1** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25** 04/25/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Environment and Agriculture `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-12** 05/12/2023 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/17/2023)
- **2023-05-17** 05/17/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2023-05-26** 05/26/2023 Scheduled for consideration (05/31/2023)
- **2023-05-30** 05/30/2023 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2023-05-31** 05/31/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-01** 06/01/2023 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/08/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-08** 06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2023-06-09** 06/09/2023 Placed on House Calendar (06/12/2023) `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** 06/12/2023 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-06-15** 06/15/2023 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-21** 06/21/2023 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/2e11f6b2-f1ec-4d0e-bb1d-8361f6b07213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).