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 Bill Status of HB0028  96th General Assembly

Short Description:  MENU EDUC & LABELING ACT

House Sponsors
Rep. Mary E. Flowers - LaShawn K. Ford - Luis Arroyo

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  3/13/2009HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
New Act


Synopsis As Introduced
Creates the Menu Education and Labeling Act of 2009. Requires restaurants and similar retail food establishments to post a sign informing their customers that certain foods on their menus may be high in calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium per serving, which has been known to cause diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  12/18/2008HousePrefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
  1/14/2009HouseFirst Reading
  1/14/2009HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  2/4/2009HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
  2/4/2009HouseAssigned to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
  2/5/2009HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
  2/5/2009HouseMoved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  2/5/2009HouseSuspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
  3/13/2009HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

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