---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (Exempts not-for-profit food banks from the registration requirements under the \"solicitation by charitable organizations\" statute.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (Exempts not-for-profit food banks from the registration requirements under the \"solicitation by charitable organizations\" statute.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 7911"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 7911 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alzate", "Batista", "Cardillo", "Casimiro", "Corvese", "Donovan", "Kazarian", "Noret", "Tanzi"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5310250f-fcf4-4633-bf0c-54a1fb424427"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "d01e40f065ec1335434f5e74109ccb2b933396897579d0d67296a85d77ac9fa5"
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 7911 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- SOLICITATION BY CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS (Exempts not-for-profit food banks from the registration requirements under the "solicitation by charitable organizations" statute.)

## Version chain

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

1. **7911 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/HouseText22/H7911A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alzate — primary (person)
- Batista — primary (person)
- Cardillo — primary (person)
- Casimiro — primary (person)
- Corvese — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Kazarian — primary (person)
- Noret — primary (person)
- Tanzi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07** 03/07/2022 Introduced, referred to House Corporations `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** 03/25/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/29/2022)
- **2022-03-29** 03/29/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-13** 05/13/2022 Scheduled for consideration (05/17/2022)
- **2022-05-16** 05/16/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-05-17** 05/17/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Placed on House Calendar (05/24/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** 05/24/2022 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/16/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-16** 06/16/2022 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-21** 06/21/2022 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/5310250f-fcf4-4633-bf0c-54a1fb424427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).