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Bill Status of HB0028 96th General Assembly

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Short Description: MENU EDUC & LABELING ACT

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

Last Action

Date	Chamber	Action
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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

Date	Chamber	Action
12/18/2008	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
1/14/2009	House	First Reading
1/14/2009	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/4/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford
2/4/2009	House	Assigned to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
2/5/2009	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo
2/5/2009	House	Moved to Suspend Rule 25 Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
2/5/2009	House	Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
3/13/2009	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/11/2011	House	Session Sine Die

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