Kentucky House Bill 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Passed on March 16 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-16 - signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to define "apparently fit grocery product," "apparently wholesome food," "donate," "food," "gleaner," "grocery product," "intentional misconduct," "nonprofit organization," and "person"; establish legal immunity protections related to apparently wholesome or fit food and grocery product donations to nonprofit organizations; extend protections to those who allow the collection or gleaning of products for donation to nonprofit organizations; allow nonprofit organizations to recondition certain donated food or products; repeal KRS 413.247 and 413.248.

AN ACT relating to donations of food and grocery products.

Rep. Phillip Pratt [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. Kim King [R]
Rep. Michael Meredith [R]	Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Brandon Reed [R]	Rep. John Sims [D]
Rep. Walker Thomas [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-16	House	signed by Governor (Acts, ch. 19)
2017-03-06	House	delivered to Governor
2017-03-06	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2017-03-06	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2017-03-03	House	received in House
2017-03-03	Senate	3rd reading, passed 37-0
2017-03-03	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 3, 2017
2017-03-01	Senate	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-28	Senate	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2017-02-24	Senate	to Agriculture (S)
2017-02-23	Senate	received in Senate
2017-02-22	House	3rd reading, passed 96-0
2017-02-16	House	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, February 22, 2017
2017-02-16	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2017-02-15	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2017-02-14	House	posted in committee
2017-02-09	House	to Agriculture (H)
2017-02-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB237.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/17RS/HB237/bill.pdf
Supplement	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/17RS/HB237/vote_history.pdf