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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 577

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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 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, DATCP is required 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, 2022.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , C. Taylor (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Petersen (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Sargent (D) , Skowronski (R) , Subeck (D) , Vorpagel (R)

8 cosponsors

Feyen (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Tittl (R) , Vinehout (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 24, 2018 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Jan 24, 2018 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 70–25 Feb 20, 2018 official source full page

Aye · 70

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krug, Anderson, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Kremer, Kulp, Mursau, Novak, Petersen, Pope, Pronschinske, Quinn, C. Taylor, Ripp, Sargent, Skowronski, Subeck and Vorpagel; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Feyen, Moulton, Olsen, Vinehout and Wanggaard

  2. Oct 24, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection

  3. Dec 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Krug

  4. Dec 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Dec 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Dec 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Pope withdrawn as a coauthor

  7. Dec 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Tittl added as a coauthor

  8. Jan 4, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Krug

  9. Jan 9, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  11. Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Consumer Protection, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  13. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:10 PM on 2-20-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26

  14. Feb 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Senator L. Taylor added as a cosponsor

  15. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 70, Noes 25

  20. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  23. Mar 12, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1