PRINTER'S NO. 155
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
187
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY ROWE, CAUSER, JONES, KAUFFMAN, MILLARD, B. MILLER,
MOUL, NEILSON, ROTHMAN, GLEIM, HAMM AND ZIMMERMAN,
JANUARY 21, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
JANUARY 21, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.234, No.76), entitled "An
act providing limited civil and criminal immunity to persons
donating food to charitable or religious organizations for
distribution to needy persons and imposing certain powers and
duties on counties," further providing for donor immunity.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4 of the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.234,
No.76), known as the Donated Food Limited Liability Act, is
amended to read:
Section 4. Donor immunity.
(a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any person who, in good faith, donates food [to a
charitable or religious organization] for ultimate free
distribution to needy individuals, shall not be subject to
criminal or civil liability arising from the condition of such
food, if the donor reasonably inspects the food at the time of
donation and finds the food fit for human consumption. The
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