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MA H126
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Homar Gomez
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AI Summary
- Defines "community fridge" as a publicly accessible refrigerator where anyone can donate or take food to address food insecurity
- Requires each community fridge to have a designated manager (volunteer, nonprofit, or government designee) responsible for maintaining cleanliness and sanitary conditions
- Directs the Department of Public Health to provide advisory guidelines for safe food storage in community fridges
- Prioritizes placement of community fridges in areas of high food insecurity, disproportionately impacted areas, food deserts, and low-income areas, with equitable distribution across geographic regions
- Provides civil liability protection to food establishments distributing free or at-cost food (including past-date items), except in cases of misbranded/adulterated food, regulatory violations, or gross negligence
Legislative Description
Establishing community fridges to address food insecurity
Last Action
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
11/12/2025
Committee Referrals
Ways and Means11/12/2025
Agriculture2/27/2025
Full Bill Text
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