MENU EDUC & LABELING ACT
Summary
Creates the Menu Education and Labeling Act of 2009. Requires restaurants and similar retail food establishments to post a sign informing their customers that certain foods on their menus may be high in calories, grams of saturated fat plus trans fat, and milligrams of sodium per serving, which has been known to cause diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2008
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Dec 18, 2008
Last action Jan 11, 2011
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Mar 13, 2009
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2009
Committee
Assigned to Health Care Availability and Accessibility Committee
lower
Jan 14, 2009
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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