WV HJR12 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-11 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-11 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this resolution is to amend the constitution to include as a right under the state Bill of Rights that all people have a natural, inherent and unalienable right to food and have a fundamental right to be free from hunger, malnutrition, starvation and the endangerment of life from the scarcity of or lack of access to nourishing food.
Title
Amending the Constitution to provide for the right to food, food sovereignty and freedom from hunger
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-11 | House | To House Health and Human Resources |
| 2023-01-11 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2023-01-11 | House | To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary |
| 2023-01-11 | House | Filed for introduction |
