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SB 852: Healthy Foods Retail Act

GENERAL BILL by Siplin

Healthy Foods Retail Act; Directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a financing program to help fund projects that increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in underserved areas; authorizing the department to contract with other organizations to administer the program; specifying how the funding is to be used; providing who is eligible for funding; providing criteria for project funding and evaluation; requiring an annual report to the Legislature; authorizing available funds to be leveraged to access federal funding; authorizing the department to adopt rules, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Agriculture (AG)
  2. Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (BGA)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/7/2011 Senate • Filed
    12/6/2011 Senate • Referred to Agriculture; Budget -SJ 72
    12/22/2011 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/12/12, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building
    1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 72
    1/12/2012 Senate • Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 135
    • Now in Budget -SJ 135
    1/13/2012 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 160
    • Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
    2/23/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 02/28/12, 10:45 am, 401 Senate Office Building
    2/28/2012 Senate • Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 721
    2/29/2012 Senate • Now in Budget -SJ 721
    3/6/2012 Senate • Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 902
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 902
    3/9/2012 Senate • Died on Calendar

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  • SB 852, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/7/2011 at 12:06 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Agriculture (Pre-Meeting) 1/10/2012 (pdf)
    Agriculture (Post-Meeting) 1/12/2012 (pdf)
    Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 2/27/2012 (pdf)
    Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 2/29/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1658 (c1) Underserved Communities Storms Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died on Calendar
    Location: On Special Order Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    1/12/2012 8:30 AM Agriculture 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/28/2012 10:45 AM Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations 7 Yeas - 0 Nays

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