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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 561

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Relating to: programs to promote and support urban farming. (FE)

Agriculture, trade and consumer protection, department of Cooperative associations Farm and farming United states — Agriculture, department of United states — Education, department of

  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, in consultation with the federal Department of Agriculture and the

Institute for Urban Agriculture and Nutrition and its member organizations, to

develop and promote programs to support urban farming.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

22 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Jarchow (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 20, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Johnson, Wirch, Risser, Carpenter, Vinehout and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Goyke, Jarchow, Bowen, Genrich, Pope, C. Taylor, Berceau, Anderson, Subeck, Zepnick, Vruwink, Sargent, Brostoff, Crowley, Fields, Riemer, Young, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Considine and Zamarripa

  2. Nov 20, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 10, 2018 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1