---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT (Provides for immunity provisions for persons involved in donating feminine hygiene products to charitable or nonprofit organizations.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT (Provides for immunity provisions for persons involved in donating feminine hygiene products to charitable or nonprofit organizations.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7140"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7140 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ajello", "Alzate", "Carson", "Casimiro", "Cassar", "Donovan", "Fenton-Fung", "Fogarty", "McGaw", "Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb7ac192-e615-4e5b-bd18-082b64a0ef0b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "c23e0d0fc7369e8ccad343b7e8c7c3e531cf4e8c8f823dde86bccaa31bd09edc"
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 7140 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT (Provides for immunity provisions for persons involved in donating feminine hygiene products to charitable or nonprofit organizations.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7140 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7140A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- IN CONCURRENCE — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ajello — primary (person)
- Alzate — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Cassar — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fenton-Fung — primary (person)
- Fogarty — primary (person)
- McGaw — primary (person)
- Speakman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** 01/20/2022 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** 01/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (01/25/2022)
- **2022-01-25** 01/25/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-04-08** 04/08/2022 Scheduled for consideration (04/13/2022)
- **2022-04-13** 04/13/2022 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-22** 04/22/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/05/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** 05/05/2022 House read and passed `passage`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Meeting postponed (06/21/2022)
- **2022-06-20** 06/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/22/2022)
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-22** 06/22/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-24** 06/24/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-28** 06/28/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** 06/30/2022 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/bb7ac192-e615-4e5b-bd18-082b64a0ef0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).