Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition. (HB119)
Introduced By
Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach) with support from co-patron Del. Chris Runion (R-Bridgewater)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Milk; definition; misbranding; prohibition. Defines "milk" as the lacteal secretion of a healthy hooved mammal and provides that a food product is unlawfully misbranded if its label states that it is milk and it fails to meet such definition, except for human breast milk. The bill directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to implement a plan to ban all products misbranded as milk. The bill shall not become effective until six months after the enactment, on or before October 1, 2029, of a similar act in any 11 of 14 specified states. Read the Bill »
Status
02/25/2020: passed committee
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/16/2019 | Committee |
| 12/16/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101914D |
| 12/16/2019 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/14/2020 | Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture |
| 01/15/2020 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/15/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) |
| 01/22/2020 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/22/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20105331D-H1 |
| 01/24/2020 | Read first time |
| 01/27/2020 | Passed by for the day |
| 01/28/2020 | Read second time |
| 01/28/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20105331D-H1 |
| 01/28/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB119H1 |
| 01/29/2020 | Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N) |
| 01/29/2020 | VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/30/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 02/10/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB119H1) |
| 02/18/2020 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2020 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/25/2020 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/26/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
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