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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 477

School cafeterias; require local school board to adopt policy allowing donation of surplus food to charity.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ADOPT A POLICY TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL CAFETERIAS TO DONATE FOOD THAT HAS BEEN FROZEN, PROPERLY PRESERVED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION OR ANY SURPLUS FOOD ITEMS PREPARED IN THE COURSE OF THE CAFETERIA'S DAILY BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS; TO REQUIRE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RECEIVING CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO AGREE TO A WAIVER OF LIABILITY IN FAVOR OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND THE DONATING SCHOOL CAFETERIA; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committees on Education and on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published