File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By:
-
Chair, Environmental Matters Committee (By Request - Departmental -
Agriculture)
- Entitled:
-
Department of Agriculture - Advertising Agricultural Products as Locally Grown
- Regulatory Authority
Authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to adopt standards under
specified conditions to regulate the use of the terms "locally grown"
and "local" to advertise or identify an agricultural product;
requiring the Secretary to convene and consult an advisory group
including representatives of farmers, food distributors, retail
stores, food service industries, and restaurants before adopting
standards; and prohibiting a person from knowingly advertising or
identifying an agricultural product in violation of standards.
Legislative date is used to record
history occurring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 1/29
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 2/3
- Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 2/26
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/2
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- 4/1
- House Concur - Senate Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- Passed Enrolled
Senate Action
- 3/3
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/9
- Hearing 3/23 at 2:00 p.m.
- 4/5
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 4/1
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/2
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 5/4
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 413
Sponsored by:
- Environmental Matters Committee, Chair
- Departmental
- Agriculture, Department of
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Advertising
- Agriculture, Department of
- Agriculture -see also- Farmland
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Food -see also- Kosher; Meat, Poultry, Seafood; Milk
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Agriculture
- (
10-1701 ,
10-1702
)
All documents except Roll Call Votes are
displayed in PDF format:
- Bill Text:
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note:
Available
- Amendments:
House
- Number: 160112/01 Offered on: February 26, 2010 at:
11:23 a.m. Status: Adopted
Senate
- Number: 974038/01 Offered on: April 5, 2010 at:
9:12 p.m. Status: Adopted
-
Committee Votes :
House
- Environmental Matters
Senate
- Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 2, 2010: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
- April 1, 2010: Third Reading Passed (138-0)
Senate
- April 2, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- April 2, 2010: Third Reading Passed (47-0)