Mississippi House Bill 798 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on April 1 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-01 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Healthy Food Retail Act; To Provide That, To The Extent Funds Are Available, The Mississippi Development Authority, In Cooperation With Public And Private Sector Partners, Shall Establish A Program That Provides Grants And Loans To Healthy Food Retailers That Increase Access To Fresh Fruits And Vegetables And Other Affordable Healthy Food In Underserved Communities; To Provide That The Mississippi Development Authority May Contract With One Or More Qualified Nonprofit Organizations Or Community Development Financial Institutions To Administer The Program Described In This Act Through A Public-private Partnership, To Raise Matching Funds, Market The Program Statewide, Evaluate Applicants, Make Award Decisions, Underwrite Loans, And Monitor Compliance And Impact; To Provide That The Program Shall Provide Funding On A Competitive, One-time Basis As Appropriate For The Eligible Project; To Provide The Types Of Programs And Projects For Which Funding May Be Provided; To Provide The Criteria That Must Be Met For Funding Under The Program; To Provide That The Mississippi Development Authority Shall Establish Program Benchmarks And Reporting Processes To Make Certain That The Program Benefits Both Rural And Urban Communities In Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.

Healthy Food Retail Act; create to encourage consumption of affordable healthy foods in underserved communities.

Rep. Toby Barker [R]

Rep. Bryant Clark [D]

Rep. Brent Powell [R]

2013-03-07 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-07 - House - House Passed (Y: 115 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-01	House	Died In Conference
2013-03-26	Senate	Conferees Named Kirby,Tollison,Clarke
2013-03-25	House	Conferees Named Mims,Barker,Mayo
2013-03-12	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2013-03-08	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2013-03-07	Senate	Passed As Amended
2013-03-07	Senate	Amended
2013-03-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-03-05	Senate	DR - TSDPAA: AP To PH
2013-02-27	Senate	DR - TSDP: PH To AP
2013-02-12	Senate	Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
2013-02-11	House	Transmitted To Senate
2013-02-07	House	Passed
2013-02-07	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-01-31	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0798.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0798IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0798CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0798PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0310042.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0590072.pdf