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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 721

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Relating to: food waste reduction grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Agriculture trade and consumer protection department of Food Food stamp plan Nutrition

  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

The bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer

Protection to provide grants for food waste reduction pilot projects that have an

objective of preventing food waste, redirecting surplus food to hunger relief

organizations, and composting food waste. Under the bill, DATCP must give

preference to grant proposals that serve census tracts for which the median

household income is below the statewide median household income and in which no

grocery store is located.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D)

23 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Bare (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Subeck (D)

Full history

  1. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Smith, Pfaff, L. Johnson, Roys, Taylor, Carpenter, Spreitzer and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Hong, C. Anderson, Palmeri, Jacobson, Shelton, Emerson, Conley, Sinicki, Considine, Snodgrass, Ratcliff, Joers, Shankland, Andraca, Ortiz-Velez, Ohnstad, J. Anderson, Drake, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Madison, Clancy and Subeck

  2. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1