2003-05-08                     House Journal                      Page 1460
HB 226                                                                                            
The following was read the second time:                                                             
                                                                                                    
    HOUSE BILL NO. 226                                                                              
    "An Act relating to the sale, offer for sale, representation, and                               
    labeling of food or other agricultural products as organic, and to                              
    the state organic certification program; and providing for an                                   
    effective date."                                                                                
                                                                                                    
with the:                                                  Journal Page                             
                                                                                                    
 RES RPT 8DP                                                        911                             
 FN1: (DNR)                                                         911                             
 FIN RPT 8DP                                                      1386                              
 FN2: (H.FIN/DNR)                                                 1386                              
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that                                       
HB 226 be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and                                      
placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                              
                                                                                                    
HB 226 was read the third time.                                                                     
                                                                                                    
**Representative Kookesh, who had been previously excused                                           
(page 1437), left the Chamber.                                                                      
                                                                                                    

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Representative Coghill placed a call of the House.                                                  
                                                                                                    
The call was satisfied.                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that                                     
HB 226 be returned to second reading for the specific purpose of                                    
considering Amendment No. 1.  There being no objection, it was so                                   
ordered.                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Gruenberg:                                            
                                                                                                    
Page 2, line 26:                                                                                    
 Delete all material.                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Renumber following sections accordingly.                                                            
                                                                                                    
Representative Gruenberg moved and asked unanimous consent that                                     
Amendment No. 1 be adopted.  There being no objection, it was so                                    
ordered.                                                                                            
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall HB 226 am pass the House?"  The roll was                                
taken with the following result:                                                                    
                                                                                                    
HB 226 am                                                                                           
Third Reading                                                                                       
Final Passage                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  36   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  4   ABSENT:  0                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Anderson, Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford,                                    
Dahlstrom, Fate, Foster, Gara, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris,                                
Hawker, Heinze, Holm, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, Lynn, Masek,                                         
McGuire, Meyer, Morgan, Moses, Ogg, Rokeberg, Samuels, Seaton,                                      
Stoltze, Weyhrauch, Whitaker, Williams, Wilson, Wolf                                                
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Croft, Joule, Kapsner, Kookesh                                                            
                                                                                                    
And so, HB 226 am passed the House.                                                                 
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the                             
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                
                                                                                                    

2003-05-08                     House Journal                      Page 1462
Representative Stoltze gave notice of reconsideration of the vote on                                
HB 226 am.