HB 119

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2020 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Dec 16, 2019
  • Passed House Jan 29, 2020
  • Passed Senate Feb 27, 2020
  • Governor

Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition, provisions.

Abstract

Milk; definition; misbranding; prohibition. Defines "milk" as the lacteal secretion of a healthy hooved mammal and provides that a food product is unlawfully misbranded if its label states that it is milk and it fails to meet such definition, except for human breast milk. The bill directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to implement a plan to ban all products misbranded as milk. The bill does not become effective until six months after the enactment, on or before October 1, 2029, of a similar act in any 11 of 14 specified states.

Milk; definition; misbranding; prohibition.Defines milk as the lacteal secretion of a healthy hooved mammaland provides that a food product is unlawfully misbranded if itslabel states that it is milk and it fails to meet such definition,except for human breast milk. The bill directs the Board of Agricultureand Consumer Services to implement a plan to ban all products misbrandedas milk.

Bill Sponsors (5)

Votes


Actions


Apr 22, 2020

House

Placed on Calendar

House

House sustained Governor's veto

Apr 11, 2020

Office of the Governor

Vetoed by Governor

Mar 12, 2020

Office of the Governor

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020

House

Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020

Mar 05, 2020

House

Signed by Speaker

Senate

Signed by President

Mar 04, 2020

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB119ER)

House

Enrolled

Feb 27, 2020

Senate

Pending question, not ordered (16-Y 24-N)

Senate

Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)

Senate

Read third time

Feb 26, 2020

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)

Feb 25, 2020

Senate

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A)

Feb 18, 2020

Senate

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Senate

Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N)

Feb 10, 2020

House

Impact statement from DPB (HB119H1)

Jan 30, 2020

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed

Senate

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

Jan 29, 2020

House

VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N)

House

Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N)

Jan 28, 2020

House

Committee substitute agreed to 20105331D-H1

House

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB119H1

House

Read second time

Jan 27, 2020

House

Passed by for the day

Jan 24, 2020

House

Read first time

Jan 22, 2020

House

Committee substitute printed 20105331D-H1

House

Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N)

Jan 15, 2020

House

House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)

Jan 14, 2020

House

Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture

Dec 16, 2019

House

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101914D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB119H1 HTML
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB119H1 HTML
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB119ER) HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Amendment: HB119AG HTML

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