An Act providing for regulation of the meat packing and food processing industry by creating facility health and safety committees in the workplace; establishing the industry workers' rights coordinator within the Department of Labor and Industry; and imposing penalties.
This bill amends existing legislation to update the structure and numbering of regulations within the meat packing and food processing industry. It modifies specific sections to create facility health and safety committees, establish an industry workers' rights coordinator, and adjust penalty provisions. The text also revises emergency medical transportation requirements and reorganizes the bill's internal sections for clarity. These changes aim to refine how workplace safety is managed and enforced in food processing facilities without altering the core intent of the original act.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 25, 2024
Last action Jun 7, 2024
Floor votes · House Jun 5, 2024
How they voted
105–74
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 180
Jun 5, 2024
D
Democratic89
100% Yea
R
Republican91
81% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Jun 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to Labor & Industry
upper
Jun 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 4, 2024
Committee
Re-committed to Appropriations
lower
Apr 30, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported as committed
lower
Apr 25, 2024
Committee
Referred to Labor & Industry
lower
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jim Haddock
DDemocratic
Co
Arvind Venkat
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Hill-Evans
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Fiedler
DDemocratic
Co
Jeanne McNeill
DDemocratic
Co
Jenn O'Mara
DDemocratic
Co
Joe McAndrew
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Webster
DDemocratic
Co
Kyle Donahue
DDemocratic
Co
Malcolm Kenyatta
DDemocratic
Co
Mary Jo Daley
DDemocratic
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