File Code: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Feldman, Ali, and Rosenberg
- Entitled:
-
Consumer Protection - Halal Food Products
Requiring specified persons that represent to the public that any
unpackaged food that is sold or served is halal to prominently and
conspicuously display on the premises a specified disclosure
statement; requiring the Division of Consumer Protection of the Office
of the Attorney General to develop and make available a form for the
disclosure statements; requiring the disclosure statement to contain
specified information; prohibiting the false representation of food as
halal; etc.
Legislative date is used to record
history occuring in the Chambers
otherwise Calendar date is used.
House Action
- 2/7
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/13
- Hearing 3/3 at 2:30 p.m.
- 3/10
- Favorable Report by Economic Matters
- 3/11
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/13
- Third Reading Passed (139-0)
- 3/28
- Returned Passed
Senate Action
- 3/14
- First Reading Finance
- 3/17
- Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable Report by Finance
- 3/28
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 3/29
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
- 4/8
- Approved by the Governor
- - Chapter 112
Sponsored by:
- Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
- Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
- Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 41
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- Administrative Agencies -see also- Electronic Government
- Advertising
- Consumer Protection -see also- Unfair Trade Practices
- Disclosure
- Food -see also- Kosher; Meat, Poultry, Seafood; Milk
- Forms
- Labeling
- Language
- Penalties
- Religion -see also- Churches
- Signs and Billboards
- Unfair Trade Practices
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
14-3601 ,
14-3602 ,
14-3603 ,
14-3604
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
- March 13, 2008: Third Reading Passed (139-0)
Senate
- March 29, 2008: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
