---
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: "SB 2550"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2550 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario", "Kallman", "Murray", "Seveney", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84714d96-9bd9-4c15-ad51-933243b4d347"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "4b71b40575e65c992d911f135b52f71b3b965210e4cecb9ba1235fc0beac1dcb"
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 2550 (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. **2550 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2550A.pdf)

## Votes

- CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Murray — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)
- Valverde — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-01** 03/01/2022 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** 04/21/2022 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/27/2022)
- **2022-04-27** 04/27/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2022-05-20** 05/20/2022 Scheduled for consideration
- **2022-05-22** 05/22/2022 Meeting postponed (05/25/2022)
- **2022-05-27** 05/27/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/01/2022)
- **2022-05-31** 05/31/2022 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-01** 06/01/2022 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/07/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-07** 06/07/2022 Senate passed Sub A `passage`
- **2022-06-08** 06/08/2022 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-12** 06/12/2022 Scheduled for consideration (06/14/2022)
- **2022-06-14** 06/14/2022 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-15** 06/15/2022 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 House passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2022-06-17** 06/17/2022 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/84714d96-9bd9-4c15-ad51-933243b4d347`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).