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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 831 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2185
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Susan Williams Gifford
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the charitable donation of not readily marketable food.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/17/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/31/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 831 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2185
By Representative Gifford of Wareham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2185) of
Susan Williams Gifford and Joseph D. McKenna relative to the charitable donation of not readily
marketable food. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2306 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to the charitable donation of not readily marketable food.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 328 of Chapter 94 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2018
2Official Edition is hereby amended by inserting, in line 1, before the words “No person”, the
3following paragraph: -
4 For the purpose of this section, the term "person" shall mean an individual, corporation,
5partnership, organization, association, or governmental entity, including a retail grocer,
6wholesaler, hotel, motel, manufacturer, restaurant, caterer, farmer, and nonprofit food distributor
7or hospital. In the case of a corporation, partnership, organization, association, or governmental
8entity, the term includes an officer, director, partner, deacon, trustee, council member, or other
9elected or appointed individual responsible for the governance of the entity; as defined by 2 of 2
10Paragraph (10) of Subsection (b) of Section 1791 of Chapter 13A of the 2015 United States
11Code, also known as the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.