H7259 • 2026

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to the Rhode Island Food Bank.)

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Slater, Diaz, Sanchez, Morales
Last action: 2026-05-14
Official status: Committee recommended measure be held for further study
Effective date: Not listed

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JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to the Rhode Island Food Bank.)

What This Bill Does

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to the Rhode Island Food Bank.)

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Bill History

2026-05-14 Committee
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
2026-05-08 Rhode Island General Assembly
Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/14/2026)
2026-01-21 Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to House Finance

Official Summary Text

JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK (This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to the Rhode Island Food Bank.)

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H7259

2026 -- H 7259
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK

Introduced By:
Representatives Slater, Diaz, Sanchez, and Morales

Date Introduced:
January 21, 2026

Referred To:
House Finance
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WHEREAS, The demand for emergency food assistance reached historic highs in Rhode
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Island in 2025, with over 102,000 Rhode Islanders receiving assistance from an area food pantry
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in November of 2025; and
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WHEREAS, One in three Rhode Island households are facing food insecurity; and
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WHEREAS, Almost 32,000 Rhode Islanders will see their SNAP benefits reduced or
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stopped altogether due to federal SNAP changes from Congress’s passage of H.R.1 legislation in
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July of 2025; and
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WHEREAS, The loss of SNAP benefits to Rhode Islanders will equal $9.5 million
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dollars; and
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WHEREAS, Individuals who lose SNAP or have reduced benefits will need to rely more
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on area food pantries; and
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides food and support to 137
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member agencies in every area of Rhode Island and has seen their federal support for food
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already reduced; now, therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of money in the treasury not
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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2026-2027, the sum of three million dollars
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($3,000,000) to the Rhode Island Food Bank; and the state controller is hereby authorized and
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directed to draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much

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thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
J O I N T R E S O L U T I O N
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $3,000,000 TO THE RHODE ISLAND FOOD BANK
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This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to the Rhode
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Island Food Bank.
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