Legislature(2023 - 2024)
2024-05-06 House Journal
Full Journal pdf2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2717 HB 251 The following was read the second time: HOUSE BILL NO. 251 "An Act exempting certain foods and drinks prepared in a person's uninspected home kitchen from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements; and permitting a person to acquire meat from a producer by way of an ownership share in an animal if certain conditions are met." with the: Journal Page L&C RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 2DP 5NR 2013 FN1: ZERO(DEC) 2013 RES RPT CS(L&C) NEW TITLE 9DP 2340 FN1: ZERO(DEC) 2340 Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that the following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill: CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 251(L&C) "An Act exempting certain foods and drinks prepared in an uninspected kitchen from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements; and permitting a person to acquire meat from a producer by way of an ownership share in an animal if certain conditions are met." Representative Eastman objected. The question being: "Shall the House adopt CSHB 251(L&C)?" The roll was taken with the following result: HB 251 Second Reading Adopt Labor & Commerce CS YEAS: 37 NAYS: 1 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2718 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Eastman Absent: Edgmon, Shaw And so, CSHB 251(L&C) was adopted. Amendment No. 1 was offered by Representative Mears: Page 2, line 6, following "products": Insert ", except as provided in (h) of this section" Page 2, line 17, following "not": Insert ", except for meat and meat products permitted under (h) of this section," Page 2, line 25, following the second occurrence of "foods": Insert "and meat and meat products permitted under (h) of this section" Page 2, line 27: Delete "and uninspected foods" Insert "with uninspected foods and meat and meat products permitted under (h) of this section" Page 3, line 4, following "inspected,": Insert "except for meat and meat products," Page 3, following line 18: Insert a new subsection to read: "(h) Subject to the requirements of federal law, a person may prepare and sell meat, meat products, and homemade food containing meat or meat products under this section." Representative Mears moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 1 be adopted. 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2719 Objection was heard and withdrawn. There being no further objection, Amendment No. 1 was adopted. Amendment No. 2 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 3, following line 18: Insert a new subsection to read: "(h) A homemade food produced and sold by a person under 16 years of age is exempt from state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements and the requirements of this section." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 2 be adopted. Representative Hannan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 2 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 2 YEAS: 9 NAYS: 30 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Armstrong, Eastman, McCabe, Rauscher, Stapp, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Nays: Allard, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Story, Stutes, Sumner Absent: Edgmon And so, Amendment No. 2 was not adopted. Amendment No. 3 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 4, line 17: Delete ", donated," 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2720 Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 3 be adopted. Representative Hannan objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 3 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 3 YEAS: 2 NAYS: 37 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Carpenter, Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Absent: Edgmon And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 13, following "consumption": Insert "or for a buyer to give to the buyer's pet or another animal" Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 4 be adopted. Representative Rauscher objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 4 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 4 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2721 YEAS: 1 NAYS: 38 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 1 Yeas: Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Absent: Edgmon And so, Amendment No. 4 was not adopted. Amendment No. 5 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 5, line 16, following "include": Insert "a vending machine," Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 5 be adopted. Representative Rauscher objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 5 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 5 YEAS: 1 NAYS: 37 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 2 Yeas: Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright Absent: Carrick, Edgmon And so, Amendment No. 5 was not adopted. 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2722 Amendment No. 6 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 1, line 13, following "consumption;": Insert "and" Page 1, line 14, through page 2, line 2: Delete all material. Renumber the following paragraph accordingly. Page 2, lines 13 - 15: Delete "A homemade food may be sold from a retail space located at a ranch, farm, or home where the homemade food is produced or at a retail location of a third-party seller." Page 5, lines 9 - 11: Delete all material. Renumber the following paragraphs accordingly. Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 6 be adopted. Representative Rauscher objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 6 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 6 YEAS: 1 NAYS: 39 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2723 And so, Amendment No. 6 was not adopted. Amendment No. 7 was not offered. Amendment No. 8 was offered by Representative Eastman: Page 4, line 22, following "Exceptions.": Insert "(a)" Page 5, following line 7: Insert a new subsection to read: "(b) A homemade food produced by a producer in compliance with state labeling, licensing, packaging, permitting, and inspection requirements is not subject to AS 17.20.332 - 17.20.338." Representative Eastman moved and asked unanimous consent that Amendment No. 8 be adopted. Representative Rauscher objected. The question being: "Shall Amendment No. 8 be adopted?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Second Reading Amendment No. 8 YEAS: 2 NAYS: 38 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Eastman, D.Johnson Nays: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, Amendment No. 8 was not adopted. 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2724 Representative Saddler moved and asked unanimous consent that CSHB 251(L&C) am be considered engrossed, advanced to third reading, and placed on final passage. There was objection. The question being: "Shall CSHB 251(L&C) am be advanced to third reading on the same day?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Second Reading Advance to Third Reading on the Same Day YEAS: 40 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright And so, the motion passed. CSHB 251(L&C) am was read the third time. The question being: "Shall CSHB 251(L&C) am pass the House?" The roll was taken with the following result: CSHB 251(L&C) am Third Reading Final Passage YEAS: 40 NAYS: 0 EXCUSED: 0 ABSENT: 0 Yeas: Allard, Armstrong, Baker, Carpenter, Carrick, Coulombe, Cronk, Dibert, Eastman, Edgmon, Fields, Foster, Galvin, Gray, Groh, Hannan, Himschoot, C.Johnson, D.Johnson, Josephson, McCabe, McCormick, McKay, Mears, Mina, Ortiz, Prax, Rauscher, Ruffridge, Saddler, Schrage, Shaw, Stapp, Story, Stutes, Sumner, Tilton, Tomaszewski, Vance, Wright 2024-05-06 House Journal Page 2725 And so, CSHB 251(L&C) am passed the House and was referred to the Chief Clerk for engrossment.