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CS/CS/SB 760: Healthy Food Financing Initiative

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Agriculture ; Bean ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sobel ; Soto ; Flores ; Gibson ; Smith ; Thompson ; Joyner ; Sachs

Healthy Food Financing Initiative; Directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a Healthy Food Financing Initiative program to provide specified financing to construct, rehabilitate, or expand independent grocery stores and supermarkets in underserved communities in low-income and moderate-income communities; authorizing the department to contract with a third-party administrator, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/9/2016 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 153 (Ch. 2016-221) -SJ 888
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (AGG)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/4/2015 Senate • Filed
11/18/2015 Senate • Referred to Agriculture; Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; Appropriations -SJ 56
1/4/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/11/16, 1:30 pm, 301 Senate Office Building
1/11/2016 Senate • CS by Agriculture; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 126
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 56
• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government -SJ 126
• CS by Agriculture read 1st time -SJ 120
1/21/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government, 01/26/16, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
1/26/2016 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 275
1/28/2016 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 275
2/25/2016 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/01/16, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
3/1/2016 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -SJ 563
3/2/2016 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 563
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/16
• CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 565
3/4/2016 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar
3/7/2016 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar
3/8/2016 Senate • Retained on Special Order Calendar
3/9/2016 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 888
• Substituted CS/CS/CS/HB 153 -SJ 888
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 153 (Ch. 2016-221) -SJ 888