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S2237 • 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.)
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
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2026-01-23
Rhode Island General Assembly
Introduced, referred to Senate 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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S2237 2026 -- S 2237 ======== LC004175 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ 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: Senators Mack, Acosta, Murray, Bissaillon, DiPalma, Felag, Ciccone, Thompson, de la Cruz, and Famiglietti Date Introduced: January 23, 2026 Referred To: Senate Finance 1 WHEREAS, The demand for emergency food assistance reached historic highs in Rhode 2 Island in 2025, with over 102,000 Rhode Islanders receiving assistance from an area food pantry 3 in November of 2025; and 4 WHEREAS, One in three Rhode Island households are facing food insecurity; and 5 WHEREAS, Almost 32,000 Rhode Islanders will see their SNAP benefits reduced or 6 stopped altogether due to federal SNAP changes from Congress’s passage of H.R.1 legislation in 7 July of 2025; and 8 WHEREAS, The loss of SNAP benefits to Rhode Islanders will equal $9.5 million 9 dollars; and 10 WHEREAS, Individuals who lose SNAP or have reduced benefits will need to rely more 11 on area food pantries; and 12 WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides food and support to 137 13 member agencies in every area of Rhode Island and has seen their federal support for food 14 already reduced; now, therefore be it 15 RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of money in the treasury not 16 otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2026-2027, the sum of three million dollars 17 ($3,000,000) to the Rhode Island Food Bank; and the state controller is hereby authorized and 18 directed to draw their orders upon the general treasurer for the payment of said sum, or so much 1 thereof as may be from time to time required, upon receipt of properly authenticated vouchers. ======== LC004175 ======== LC004175 - Page 2 of 3 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 *** 1 This resolution would authorize the appropriation of the sum of $3,000,000 to the Rhode 2 Island Food Bank. ======== LC004175 ======== LC004175 - Page 3 of 3