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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 611

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Relating to: grants to support donation of farm and food products to food banks and making an appropriation. (FE)

Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of Nutrition Organization, miscellaneous

  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

This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection (DATCP) to award an annual grant to a nonprofit organization that

operates as a statewide association of food banks to promote the donation of excess

and unmarketable farm and food products from farms and food processing facilities

to food banks. In awarding the grant, the bill requires DATCP to award $1 for every

$1 of private funds the grant recipient raises for this purpose, up to a total of $250,000

in a fiscal year. Under the bill, DATCP must require the grant recipient to use the

grant money to reimburse farmers and food processing facilities for the cost of

harvesting, packaging for transport, and transporting to food banks excess or

unmarketable farm and food products and to process, warehouse, and transport

donated farm and food products to food banks, food processing facilities, and food

pantries. The bill prohibits DATCP from awarding this grant after June 30, 2020.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Ripp (R) , Spiros (R)

5 cosponsors

Hansen (D) , Kahl (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Moulton (R) , Petrowski (R)

Full history

  1. Dec 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krug, Spiros, Macco, Kulp, Ballweg, Mursau, Ripp, Murphy, E. Brooks, Novak and Nerison; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Moulton, Hansen and L. Taylor

  2. Dec 23, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture

  3. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Krug

  4. Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jan 27, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Danou

  7. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Kahl added as a coauthor

  8. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1