FOOD HANDLING-COTTAGE FOOD
Summary
Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. In provisions regarding cottage food operations: makes changes to definitions; requires cottage food operations to comply with specified requirements (rather than providing that specified entities may regulate the transaction of food or drink by a cottage food operation if the requirements are met); adds requirements for the sale of low-acid canned foods and fermented or acidified foods; provides that food and drink produced by a cottage food operation shall be sold directly to consumers for their own consumption and not for resale; removes language requiring State-certified local public health departments to regulate the service of food by a cottage food operation and allowing them to require a cottage food operation to submit specified canned foods to a commercial laboratory to verify specified information; requires local health departments to register eligible cottage food operations and issue certificates of registration; adds an exemption for a person who produces or packages a non-potentially hazardous baked good for sale by a religious, charitable, or nonprofit organization for fundraising purposes; preempts home rule; and makes other changes. Repeals provisions regarding home kitchen operations.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2021
Last action Jan 10, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
1
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Apr 23, 2021
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Amended
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 006-000-000
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Committee
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Introduced
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi
lower
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Will Guzzardi
DDemocratic
Co
Anne Stava
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Hernandez
DDemocratic
Co
Charlie Meier
RRepublican
Co
Deb Conroy
DDemocratic
Co
Delia C. Ramirez
DDemocratic
Co
Jonathan Carroll
DDemocratic
Co
Joyce Mason
DDemocratic
Co
Kelly Cassidy
DDemocratic
Co
Lindsey LaPointe
DDemocratic
Co
Mark Walker
DDemocratic
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