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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 579

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licensing of plants that process certain foods made with milk or milk products.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from operating a dairy plant without a license

issued by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).

A dairy plant is a place where a dairy product is manufactured or processed for sale.

Currently, the definition of "dairy product" includes any commodity in which milk or

any milk product is a principal ingredient. Current law also authorizes DATCP to

promulgate rules for the operation of dairy plants, including standards for

equipment.

Under this bill, a place that manufactures or produces commodities that are

intended to be heated before being consumed and in which milk or any milk product

is a principal ingredient, and no other dairy products, must be licensed as a food

processing plant, rather than as a dairy plant. DATCP's rules for food processing

plants, including standards for equipment, differ from those for dairy plants.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R)

1 cosponsors

Lasee (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 4

Passed 9–4 Mar 2, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 17, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Jacque;Cosponsored by Senator Lasee

  2. Feb 17, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business

  3. Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Jacque

  5. Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 4

  7. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 9, Noes 4

  8. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules

  11. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly substitute amendment 2 offered by Representative Jacque

  12. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:33 A.M. on 3-13-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  13. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  14. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1