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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 5117

AN ACT CONCERNING GENETICALLY-ENGINEERED FOODS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on April 10, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require the labeling of genetically-engineered foods and to create best practices for GMO farming and preferences for food products that are voluntarily labeled to indicate whether they include genetically-engineered ingredients.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

22 co-sponsors

T.R. Rowe, Kim Rose, Tony Hwang, Roland J. Lemar, Bill Simanski, Rob Sampson, Brenda L. Kupchick, Larry B. Butler, John H. Frey, Themis Klarides, Marie Lopez Kirkley-Bey, William Wadsworth, Hector L. Robles, David A. Scribner, Philip J. Miller, David W. Kiner, Fred Camillo, Susan M. Johnson, David A. Baram, Bryan Hurlburt, Kim Fawcett, Diana S. Urban

In the Senate

    3 co-sponsors

    Edith G. Prague, John W. Fonfara, Joan V. Hartley

    Its course

    February 16 to April 10, 2012, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action9 actions on 6 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 16 to Apr 10 · stopped54 days

    Environment CommitteeFeb 16 to Mar 2134 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 16 – Mar 21

    1. Feb 16Introduced and sent to Environment Committee
    2. Feb 17Heard in Environment Committee
    3. Mar 21Environment Committee recommended it
    All 9 actions, as published
    1. Feb 16REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 17PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 21Joint FavorableBoth houses
    4. Mar 22FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 2REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 10RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 10FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 10HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 10FILE NO.Both houses