HB 1578 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2167
08/05
HOUSE BILL 1578
AN ACT relative to organic food certification and labeling.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bailey, Straf. 2
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the certification program and the organic processors-handlers certification fund.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2167
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to organic food certification and labeling.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 426:6-a, relative to organic labeling and advertising.
II. RSA 426:6-b, relative to organic certification.
III. RSA 426:6-d, relative to organic processors handlers certification fund.
IV. RSA 426:8, relative to rulemaking relative to organic processing.
V. RSA 426:8-a, relative to fess relative to organic processing.
VI. RSA 6:12, II(b)(347), relative to the organic processors handlers certification fund.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 16, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 22, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 6, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
March 21, 2024: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9
March 13, 2024: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 03/06/2024 (Vote 12-0; CC)
March 13, 2024: Executive Session: 03/06/2024 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
Feb. 21, 2024: Public Hearing: 03/06/2024 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
Jan. 30, 2024: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 02/06/2024 10:00 am LOB 301-303
Jan. 16, 2024: ==CANCELLED== Full Committee Work Session: 01/31/2024 01:00 pm LOB 301-303
Jan. 5, 2024: ==CANCELLED== Executive Session: 01/22/2024 02:30 pm LOB 301-303
Jan. 5, 2024: Public Hearing: 01/16/2024 11:30 am LOB 301-303
Dec. 15, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 1