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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- ASSENT TO FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (Assents to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and empowers the director of DEM to perform those acts necessary, to be in compliance with the provisions of the act for the modernization of the safety of the food supply.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- ASSENT TO FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (Assents to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and empowers the director of DEM to perform those acts necessary, to be in compliance with the provisions of the act for the modernization of the safety of the food supply.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 6218"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 6218 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture", "Environment", "Food and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Speakman"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-13"
last_action: "2019-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2cc8088e-677e-405e-91af-a92c8d9c850d"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "aa37d1b719c6bb27745085b0793c43dcc0c4a8c2ca518a557d0a1f2b46b79884"
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 6218 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY -- ASSENT TO FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (Assents to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and empowers the director of DEM to perform those acts necessary, to be in compliance with the provisions of the act for the modernization of the safety of the food supply.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **6218 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/HouseText19/H6218aa.pdf)
## Votes
- AS AMENDED — **609** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE OF AMENDMENT — **690** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Speakman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-06-13** 06/13/2019 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W. `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/19/2019)
- **2019-06-19** 06/19/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-06-21** 06/21/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/24/2019)
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24** 06/24/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/26/2019)
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 House passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/27/2019)
- **2019-06-27** 06/27/2019 Senate passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-02** 07/02/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-08** 07/08/2019 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/2cc8088e-677e-405e-91af-a92c8d9c850d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).