Illinois Senate Bill 1668 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-04-16 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture, with meaningful input from stakeholders, shall develop an Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program for a period of 5 years under which eligible entities may receive funding to provide agricultural surplus to communities of need. Creates an advisory council to support the Program. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement the program no later than 90 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that aspects of the program that are eligible for funding may include: (1) reimbursement to growers for picking, packing, and processing agricultural surplus; (2) transportation to the food banks; (3) reimbursement to food banks for storage and distribution costs; (4) capacity building grants for food banks to invest in facility upgrades for processing agricultural surplus; (5) marketing and promotional activities related to the pilot program; and (6) program administration. Provides for reporting requirements. Effective immediately.

HARVEST TO HOME PILOT PROGRAM

Sen. Linda Holmes [D]	Sen. Dale Fowler [R]	Sen. Terri Bryant [R]	Sen. Neil Anderson [R]
Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-15	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
2021-04-14	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2021-04-13	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
2021-03-23	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
2021-03-09	Senate	Assigned to Agriculture
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1668&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB1668.htm