Current law provides limited immunity from civil and criminal liability to retail food establishments, nonprofit organizations, and other entities that donate items of food to nonprofit organizations for use or distribution in providing assistance to needy or poor persons. The bill extends the same immunity to correctional facilities.
The bill encourages retail food establishments, and correctional facilities, and school districts to donate apparently wholesome food to local nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy or poor individuals.
The bill provides that a farmer who allows one or more individuals to make entry on the farmer's property for the purpose of gleaning produce for donation to a nonprofit organization for use or distribution in providing assistance to needy or poor persons is not liable for damages in any civil action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding resulting from an injury to any such individuals unless the injury results from a willful or wanton act or omission of the farmer.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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Statutes affected:
Preamended PA1 (01/30/2020): 13-21-113
Preamended PA2 (03/13/2020): 13-21-113
Introduced (01/13/2020): 13-21-113
Engrossed (02/03/2020): 13-21-113
Reengrossed (02/04/2020): 13-21-113