MENU EDUC & LABELING ACT
Summary
Creates the Menu Education and Labeling Act. 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
Jan 2010
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2010
Last action Jan 11, 2011
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Mar 15, 2010
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Feb 16, 2010
Committee
Assigned to Consumer Protection Committee
lower
Jan 25, 2010
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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