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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT (Allows feminine hygiene products to be donated by businesses to nonprofit charities.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT (Allows feminine hygiene products to be donated by businesses to nonprofit charities.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 2531"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2531 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Cano", "DiMario", "Kallman", "Lawson", "Sosnowski", "Valverde"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-01"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d73c542-49ce-4a7f-a3f9-e95a0a068c5b"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "f45d526f4a34f4cca3cf79c7adb828654cbe3264d92f9b7f14e226d4a8862b97"
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 2531 (2022) — AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT DONATION ACT (Allows feminine hygiene products to be donated by businesses to nonprofit charities.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **2531 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2531A.pdf)
## Votes
- IN CONCURRENCE — **650** (pass) · upper
- DONATION ACT — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anderson — primary (person)
- Cano — primary (person)
- DiMario — primary (person)
- Kallman — primary (person)
- Lawson — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — 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`
- **2022-06-17** 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`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2022) `reading-3`
- **2022-06-23** 06/23/2022 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/7d73c542-49ce-4a7f-a3f9-e95a0a068c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).