Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health Committee on February 26, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 296
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF HEALTHY FOOD IN VENDING MACHINES OPERATED ON STATE PROPERTY AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CHILD OBESITY TASK FORCE.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) require a study of food dispensed by vending machines maintained on public property and an evaluation of revenue generated from the sale of each food product dispensed by such vending machines, and (2) implement a recommendation of the Child Obesity task force to prohibit signs or posters displayed in public schools from containing advertisements or logos of food items that do not meet the nutrition standards published by the Department of Education.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 25 to February 26, 2016, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 25 to Feb 26 · stopped1 day
Public Health CommitteeFeb 25 to Feb 26 · stopped1 day
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 Senate Feb 25 – Feb 26
- Feb 25Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
- Feb 26Heard in Public Health Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 26PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses