republic-os/legislation/us/states/ri/2022/hb-7140.md

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Bill	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.)	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.)	us/states/ri	Rhode Island General Assembly	2022	HB 7140	Rhode Island HB 7140 (2022)	bill		enacted	Ajello Alzate Carson Casimiro Cassar Donovan Fenton-Fung Fogarty McGaw Speakman	1	19	2	2022-01-20	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/bb7ac192-e615-4e5b-bd18-082b64a0ef0b	https://status.rilegislature.gov/	c23e0d0fc7369e8ccad343b7e8c7c3e531cf4e8c8f823dde86bccaa31bd09edc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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

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; origin ocd-bill/bb7ac192-e615-4e5b-bd18-082b64a0ef0b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).