---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD-AS-MEDICINE PILOT PROGRAM"
description: "Establishes a food as medicine pilot program and task force to be administered by the executive office of health and human services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2892"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2892 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "DiPalma", "Gu", "Lauria", "Lawson", "Murray", "Paolino", "Tikoian", "Valverde", "Vargas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-04"
last_action: "2026-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40d0657d-7df6-45ae-b3a8-c58ffcc0902b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5c639d3e6c7073e98b910289cf8384007b6c29457d0c6ae71e8c7cdddfc2ed6d"
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 2892 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FOOD-AS-MEDICINE PILOT PROGRAM

Establishes a food as medicine pilot program and task force to be administered by the executive office of health and human services.

## Version chain

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

1. **2892 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2892A.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **63–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- DiPalma — primary (person)
- Gu — primary (person)
- Lauria — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Paolino — primary (person)
- Tikoian — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)
- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** 03/06/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/10/2026)
- **2026-03-10** 03/10/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-29** 05/29/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/02/2026)
- **2026-06-01** 06/01/2026 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2026-06-02** 06/02/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-04** 06/04/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2026-06-10** 06/10/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/11/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-11** 06/11/2026 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-16** 06/16/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 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/40d0657d-7df6-45ae-b3a8-c58ffcc0902b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).