HB 615 — An Act amending the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.234, No.76), known as the Donated Food Limited Liability Act, further providing for donor immunity.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-20
Latest action: — Act No. 13 of 2025, June 30, 2025
Sponsors
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — sponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tom Jones (R, PA-98) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Chris Pielli (D, PA-156) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Malcolm Kenyatta (D, PA-181) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Danilo Burgos (D, PA-197) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Emily Kinkead (D, PA-20) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Steven R. Malagari (D, PA-53) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- David H. Rowe (R, PA-85) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Joe Ciresi (D, PA-146) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Justin C. Fleming (D, PA-105) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- David H. Zimmerman (R, PA-99) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Jack Rader (R, PA-176) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Alec J. Ryncavage (R, PA-119) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Paul Friel (D, PA-26) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Marci Mustello (R, PA-11) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Abby Major (R, PA-60) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tim Twardzik (R, PA-123) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Tim Briggs (D, PA-149) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Joe Webster (D, PA-150) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- Keith S. Harris (D, PA-195) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-20
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to JUDICIARY, Feb. 20, 2025
- · house — Reported as committed, March 26, 2025
- · house — First consideration, March 26, 2025
- · house — Laid on the table, March 26, 2025
- · house — Removed from table, April 9, 2025
- · house — Second consideration, April 22, 2025
- · house — Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, April 22, 2025
- · house — Re-reported as committed, April 23, 2025
- · house — Third consideration and final passage, April 23, 2025 (203-0)
- · senate — In the Senate
- · senate — Referred to AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS, April 28, 2025
- · senate — Reported as committed, June 24, 2025
- · senate — First consideration, June 24, 2025
- · senate — Second consideration, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Re-referred to APPROPRIATIONS, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Re-reported as committed, June 25, 2025
- · senate — Third consideration and final passage, June 26, 2025 (50-0)
- · house — Signed in House, June 30, 2025
- · senate — Signed in Senate, June 30, 2025
- — Presented to the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Approved by the Governor, June 30, 2025
- — Act No. 13 of 2025, June 30, 2025
- · house — (Remarks see House Journal Page 431-432), April 23, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0628 · 2,701 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 628
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 615
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KHAN, T. JONES, PIELLI, KENYATTA, SANCHEZ, HILL-
EVANS, BURGOS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, KINKEAD, MALAGARI, ROWE,
CIRESI, FLEMING, ZIMMERMAN, CERRATO AND GREEN,
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.234, No.76), entitled "An
2 act providing limited civil and criminal immunity to persons
3 donating food to charitable or religious organizations for
4 distribution to needy persons and imposing certain powers and
5 duties on counties," further providing for donor immunity.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 4 of the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.234,
9 No.76), known as the Donated Food Limited Liability Act, is
10 amended to read:
11 Section 4. Donor immunity.
12 (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
13 law, any person who, in good faith, donates food [to a
14 charitable or religious organization] for ultimate free
15 distribution to needy individuals, shall not be subject to
16 criminal or civil liability arising from the condition of such
17 food, if the donor reasonably inspects the food at the time of
18 donation and finds the food fit for human consumption. The
1 immunity provided by this subsection shall not extend to donors
2 where damages result from the negligence, recklessness or
3 intentional misconduct of the donor, or if the donor has, or
4 should have had, actual or constructive knowledge that the food
5 is tainted, contaminated or harmful to the health or well-being
6 of the ultimate recipient.
7 (b) Condition of food.--The immunity provided by this
8 section is applicable to the good faith donation of food not
9 readily marketable due to considerations not [effecting]
10 affecting its fitness for human consumption, including, but not
11 limited to, appearance, age, freshness, grade [or], surplus or
12 labeled date code recommended by the manufacturer, but shall not
13 be deemed or construed to restrict the authority of any
14 authorized agency to otherwise regulate or ban the use of such
15 food for human consumption.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Outbound (4)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania Senate Agriculture And Rural Affairs Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee | — | pa-leg | |
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee | — | pa-leg |
The full graph
Every typed relationship touching this entity — 4 edges across 1 category. Grouped by what the connection is; the heaviest few are shown, with a link to the full list.
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Abby Major (R, state_lower PA-60) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Alec J. Ryncavage (R, state_lower PA-119) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Chris Pielli (D, state_lower PA-156) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Danilo Burgos (D, state_lower PA-197) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | David H. Rowe (R, state_lower PA-85) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | David H. Zimmerman (R, state_lower PA-99) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Emily Kinkead (D, state_lower PA-20) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Jack Rader (R, state_lower PA-176) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Joe Ciresi (D, state_lower PA-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Joe Webster (D, state_lower PA-150) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Justin C. Fleming (D, state_lower PA-105) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Keith S. Harris (D, state_lower PA-195) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Malcolm Kenyatta (D, state_lower PA-181) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Marci Mustello (R, state_lower PA-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Paul Friel (D, state_lower PA-26) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Steven R. Malagari (D, state_lower PA-53) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Tim Briggs (D, state_lower PA-149) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania Senate Agriculture And Rural Affairs Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Appropriations Committee · pa-leg
- 2026-05-20 · was referred to Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee · pa-leg