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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 227

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Relating to: requiring food allergy posters to be displayed in certain retail food establishments. (FE)

Employment Food Restaurant Retail establishment

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires restaurants and certain other retail food establishments to

display, in a place frequented by employees, an educational poster relating to food

allergies. The poster must be in a language the employees understand and must

identify or describe: the eight most common food allergens; sources of cross

contamination; what to do if a customer notifies an employee that someone in their

party has a food allergy; and what to do if a person is having an allergic reaction.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Petrowski (R)

11 cosponsors

C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Kulp (R) , Neylon (R) , Skowronski (R) , Snyder (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Sep 11, 2019 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. May 23, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Subeck, Considine, Emerson, Kulp, Neylon, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Skowronski

  2. May 23, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development

  3. Jun 18, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 25, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 10, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 11, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Sep 11, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1