A bill to amend the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act to improve the program, and for other purposes.
Summary
This act expands liability protections for the donation of food and grocery products. Specifically, the act expands the liability protections to include donations of an apparently fit grocery product or apparently wholesome food for which the recipient is charged a good Samaritan reduced price that is no greater than the cost of handling, administering, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, and distributing the food or product; or that is donated directly to a needy individual at zero cost by a retail grocer, wholesaler, agricultural producer, agricultural processor, agricultural distributor, restaurant, caterer, school food authority, or institution of higher education.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2022
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Dec 2022
House Passage
Dec 2022
Signed into Law
Jan 2023
Introduced Dec 20, 2022
Signed Jan 5, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
3
Committee
0
Jan 5, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Dec 21, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
lower
Dec 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9613; text: CR S9613)
upper
Dec 20, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Dec 20, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
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