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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 474

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: Hansen (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Moulton (R) , Petrowski (R)

12 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Kahl (D) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Ripp (R) , Spiros (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 15, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 15, 2016 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. Dec 18, 2015 · Senate

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

  2. Dec 18, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism

  3. Jan 5, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Petrowski

  4. Jan 6, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 12, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Petrowski

  6. Jan 13, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 14, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  10. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Feb 2, 2016 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  12. Feb 3, 2016 · Senate

    Representative Kahl added as a cosponsor

  13. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1