File Code: Agriculture
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 599
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Shewell, Ali, Aumann, Bartlett, Beidle, Bronrott, Cane, Cardin,
Carr, Conway, DeBoy, Elliott, Elmore, Frank, Frush, Glenn, Haddaway, Holmes,
Hucker, Jennings, Kach, Kaiser, Kipke, Kramer, Krebs, Lafferty, McComas,
McDonough, McKee, Montgomery, Niemann, Olszewski, Schuler, Smigiel, Stein,
Stocksdale, Stull, Tarrant, Taylor, Waldstreicher, and Weir
- Entitled:
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Agriculture - Prohibited Acts - Force-Feeding Birds
Prohibiting a person from force-feeding birds or hiring another person
to engage in force-feeding birds to produce foie gras; prohibiting a
person from selling, transporting, or offering for sale any product
that is the result of force-feeding birds to produce foie gras;
prohibiting specified food service establishments from serving
products that are the result of force-feeding birds; and providing for
specified penalties for specified violations.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/12
- Hearing 3/6 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/26
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 3/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/6
- Hearing cancelled
- 3/10
- Withdrawn
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
- Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
- Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42
- Delegate Joseph R. Bartlett, District 4A
- Delegate Pamela Beidle, District 32
- Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
- Delegate Rudolph C. Cane, District 37A
- Delegate Jon S. Cardin, District 11
- Delegate Alfred C. Carr, Jr., District 18
- Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38B
- Delegate Steven J. DeBoy, Sr., District 12A
- Delegate Donald B. Elliott, District 4B
- Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
- Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45
- Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
- Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
- Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
- Delegate J. B. Jennings, District 7
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
- Delegate Nicholaus R. Kipke, District 31
- Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19
- Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
- Delegate Stephen W. Lafferty, District 42
- Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
- Delegate Pat McDonough, District 7
- Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
- Delegate Karen S. Montgomery, District 14
- Delegate Doyle L. Niemann, District 47
- Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
- Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8
- Delegate Michael D. Smigiel, Sr., District 36
- Delegate Dana Stein, District 11
- Delegate Nancy R. Stocksdale, District 5A
- Delegate Paul S. Stull, District 4A
- Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
- Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
- Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18
- Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Agriculture -see also- Farmland
- Birds
- Crimes and Punishments -see also- Penalties; Sentences; etc.
- Fines
- Food -see also- Kosher; Meat, Poultry, Seafood; Milk
- Penalties
- Restaurants
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Agriculture
- (
4-218.1
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered