File Code: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
Prior Year Introduction As:
HB 1499/08 - HGO
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Boteler, Ali, Aumann, Eckardt, Elmore, Frank, George, Glenn,
Haddaway, Howard, McComas, Myers, Olszewski, Robinson, Schuler, Shewell,
Smigiel, Stein, Stocksdale, Stull, Walkup, and Weir
- Entitled:
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Public Health - Food Containing a Product of Cloned Animals - Labeling
Requiring persons that manufacture, process, or prepare specified
foods that contain any product of a cloned animal or the progeny of a
cloned animal to state on the label or packaging of specified foods or
on a sign near foods that are not packaged, that the food contains
product from a cloned animal or the progeny of a cloned animal;
requiring the lettering of the statement on a label, package, or sign
to be a specified size or be conspicuous and easily legible to
consumers; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/9
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/17
- Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III, District 8
- Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
- Delegate Susan L. M. Aumann, District 42
- Delegate Adelaide C. Eckardt, District 37B
- Delegate D. Page Elmore, District 38A
- Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
- Delegate Ron George, District 30
- Delegate Cheryl D. Glenn, District 45
- Delegate Jeannie Haddaway, District 37B
- Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
- Delegate Susan K. McComas, District 35B
- Delegate LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., District 1C
- Delegate John A. Olszewski, Jr., District 6
- Delegate Barbara Robinson, District 40
- Delegate Todd Schuler, District 8
- Delegate Tanya T. Shewell, District 5A
- 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 Mary Roe Walkup, District 36
- Delegate Michael H. Weir, Jr., District 6
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Animals -see also- Birds; Turtles
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Disclosure
- Food -see also- Kosher; Meat, Poultry, Seafood; Milk
- Genetics
- Labeling
- Notices
- Records -see also- Land Records; Vital Records
- Signs and Billboards
Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
21-214
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered