AB 31 California Assembly · 2013-2014 Regular Session

Milk products: milk prices: dairy industry sustainability.

Summary

Existing law empowers the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to formulate stabilization and marketing plans that establish the prices to be paid by milk handlers for specified classes of market milk. Existing law requires the secretary to take relevant economic factors into consideration in establishing the price to be paid for class 4b market milk, which comprises all market milk, market skim milk, or market cream used in the manufacture of cheese other than cottage cheese. This bill would make specified legislative findings and declarations regarding challenges faced by the dairy industry and would state specified intents of the Legislature.

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2012

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Dec 3, 2012 Last action Feb 3, 2014

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Committee

May 24, 2013

Lower · Passed

In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

lower

May 15, 2013

Committee

In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

lower

May 8, 2013

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

May 6, 2013

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 1).

lower

Apr 17, 2013

Lower · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

lower

Jan 14, 2013

Committee

Referred to Com. on AGRI.

lower

Dec 4, 2012

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors