---
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: "HB 7419"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7419 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Food and Drugs", "Health & Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman", "Donovan", "McNamara", "O'Brien"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-02"
last_action: "2018-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95025c8b-a6c6-4d68-8771-419c621ff30e"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "412f1413ca33f4b284681222c7628d7206a40ea536a90a9b4fbb87e65e49edc4"
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 7419 (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. **7419 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/HouseText18/H7419A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **58–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- McNamara — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-02** 02/02/2018 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-30** 03/30/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/04/2018)
- **2018-04-04** 04/04/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-05-04** 05/04/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/09/2018)
- **2018-05-09** 05/09/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Placed on House Calendar (05/17/2018)
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2018-05-17** 05/17/2018 Referred to Senate Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-18** 05/18/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/23/2018)
- **2018-05-23** 05/23/2018 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-24** 05/24/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/30/2018)
- **2018-05-30** 05/30/2018 Senate 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/95025c8b-a6c6-4d68-8771-419c621ff30e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).