Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition, provisions.
Summary
Milk; definition; misbranding; prohibition. Defines "milk" as the lacteal secretion of a healthy hooved mammal and provides that a food product is unlawfully misbranded if its label states that it is milk and it fails to meet such definition, except for human breast milk. The bill directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to implement a plan to ban all products misbranded as milk. The bill does not become effective until six months after the enactment, on or before October 1, 2029, of a similar act in any 11 of 14 specified states.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Vetoed
Apr 2020
Introduced Dec 16, 2019
Vetoed Apr 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
11
Apr 22, 2020
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Apr 11, 2020
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A)
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB119H1
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20105331D-H1
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101914D
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barry Knight
RRepublican
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Runion
RRepublican
Co
Mike Webert
RRepublican
Co
Tony Wilt
RRepublican
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