Bill Status of SB 2617   103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Jason Plummer

House Sponsors
(Rep. Blaine Wilhour-Charles Meier-Hoan Huynh, Will Guzzardi and Adam M. Niemerg)


Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  8/9/2024SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0903

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
410 ILCS 625/4

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that if a county government does not have a local health department, the county government shall enter into an agreement or contract with an adjacent local health department to register cottage food operations in the county's jurisdiction. Provides that the adjacent local health department where the cottage food operation registers has the power to take specified actions pertaining to complaints, inspections, fees, and penalties. Makes a conforming change.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1
Adds reference to:
410 ILCS 625/4

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Modifies the definition of "acidified" and adds definitions for "employee", "mobile farmers markets", and "time-and-temperature controlled for safety food". Removes the definition for "potentially hazardous food". Provides that a cottage food operation shall not sell or offer to sell eggs except as an ingredient in a food that is not a time-and-temperature controlled for safety food (rather than that is a non-potentially hazardous food), including dry noodles, or as an ingredient in a baked good frosting, such as buttercream, if the eggs are not raw. Provides that a food operation may use alcohol to make extracts, such as vanilla extract, or as an ingredient in baked goods as long as the created product is not intended for use as a beverage. Provides that, if a food operation product assessment shows that a food has a pH of 4.6 or less or a water activity of less than or equal to 0.92, then the food shall not require temperature control.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2
Adds reference to:
410 ILCS 625/4

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Replaces the definition of "time-and-temperature controlled for safety food" with a definition for "time/temperature control for safety food", which means a food that is stored under time or temperature control for food safety according to the Department of Public Health's administrative rules. Makes conforming changes. Replaces instances of non-potentially hazardous with not a time/temperature control for safety food. Provides that time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained and transported at holding temperatures as set in the Department's administrative rules to ensure the food's safety and limit microorganism growth or toxin formation. Removes language providing that, if a food operation product assessment shows that a food has a pH of 4.6 or less or a water activity of less than or equal to 0.92, then the food shall not require temperature control.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  10/24/2023SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer
  10/24/2023SenateFirst Reading
  10/24/2023SenateReferred to Assignments
  1/24/2024SenateAssigned to Public Health
  3/5/2024SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer
  3/5/2024SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
  3/12/2024SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
  3/12/2024SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
  3/13/2024SenateDo Pass as Amended Public Health; 008-000-000
  3/13/2024SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 14, 2024
  4/5/2024SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jason Plummer
  4/5/2024SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
  4/9/2024SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Public Health
  4/10/2024SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 005-000-000
  4/10/2024SenateSecond Reading
  4/10/2024SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
  4/10/2024SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2024
  4/11/2024SenateThird Reading - Passed; 059-000-000
  4/11/2024HouseArrived in House
  4/12/2024HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Blaine Wilhour
  4/12/2024HouseFirst Reading
  4/12/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  4/15/2024HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier
  4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
  4/24/2024HouseAssigned to Public Health Committee
  5/2/2024HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Public Health Committee; 008-000-000
  5/2/2024HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
  5/7/2024HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate
  5/7/2024HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
  5/17/2024HouseThird Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024
  5/22/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam M. Niemerg
  5/22/2024HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000
  5/22/2024SenatePassed Both Houses
  5/22/2024HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh
  6/20/2024SenateSent to the Governor
  8/9/2024SenateGovernor Approved
  8/9/2024SenateEffective Date January 1, 2025
  8/9/2024SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0903

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