SB 852 (2012) -  Healthy Foods Retail Act

General Bill by Siplin
Healthy Foods Retail Act: Directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a financing program to help fund projects that increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables in underserved areas; authorizing the department to contract with other organizations to administer the program; specifying how the funding is to be used; providing who is eligible for funding; providing criteria for project funding and evaluation; requiring an annual report to the Legislature; authorizing available funds to be leveraged to access federal funding; authorizing the department to adopt rules, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2012
Last Event: 03/09/12 S Died on Calendar on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Agriculture
    • On agenda for: 01/12/12 8:30 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations
    • On agenda for: 02/28/12 10:45 AM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 1658 Subject: Underserved Communities Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations 2/29/2012 4:02:22 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations 2/27/2012 12:40:32 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Agriculture 1/12/2012 10:52:32 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Agriculture 1/10/2012 4:05:42 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar Time: 03/09/2012 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 902 Time: 03/06/2012 - 6:31 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Withdrawn from Budget -SJ 902 Time: 03/06/2012 - 6:31 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 721 Time: 02/29/2012 - 4:01 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 721 Time: 02/28/2012 - 3:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations, 02/28/12, 10:45 am, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 02/23/2012 - 9:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations Time: 01/13/2012 - 10:08 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations -SJ 160 Time: 01/13/2012 - 10:07 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Budget -SJ 135 Time: 01/12/2012 - 10:58 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Agriculture; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 135 Time: 01/12/2012 - 10:35 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 72 Time: 01/10/2012 - 8:28 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Agriculture, 01/12/12, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 12/22/2011 - 9:03 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Agriculture; Budget -SJ 72 Time: 12/06/2011 - 4:33 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 11/07/2011 - 12:07 PM Member: Committee: Version: __