Bill Text: TX HB2194 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a "Made in Texas" labeling program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2194 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2194-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2194 | ||
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| relating to establishing a "Made in Texas" labeling program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 4, Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Chapter 490D to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 490D. "MADE IN TEXAS" LABELING PROGRAM | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 490D.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Office" means the Texas Economic Development and | ||
| Tourism Office. | ||
| (2) "Program" means the "Made in Texas" labeling | ||
| program established under this chapter. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. "MADE IN TEXAS" LABELING PROGRAM | ||
| Sec. 490D.051. ESTABLISHMENT OF "MADE IN TEXAS" LABELING | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) The office shall establish and administer a "Made in | ||
| Texas" labeling program. | ||
| (b) In establishing the program, the office by rule shall: | ||
| (1) establish criteria for determining whether a | ||
| person may sell, advertise, or offer for sale in this state a | ||
| product that uses "Made in Texas" or equivalent phrasing to | ||
| represent that the product was made in whole or in substantial part | ||
| in this state; and | ||
| (2) design and administer the use of a logo for | ||
| products to be labeled as "Made in Texas" and adopt an application | ||
| process for authorizing use of the logo. | ||
| (c) The criteria established under Subsection (b)(1) must | ||
| include a requirement that all or virtually all significant parts | ||
| and processing of a product originated in this state. | ||
| Sec. 490D.052. EXEMPT PRODUCTS. This chapter does not | ||
| apply to or authorize the office to adopt rules governing the | ||
| labeling of: | ||
| (1) wine; or | ||
| (2) Texas agricultural products, as defined by Section | ||
| 12.0175, Agriculture Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2194 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2194 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 14, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2194 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
