Maryland House Bill 492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-03-21 - Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee to publish a list of carbon-intensive foods, in consultation with the Department of the Environment and the Department of General Services, and to establish best practices for units to reduce the volume of carbon-intensive foods purchased to the maximum extent practicable as a percentage of gross food purchases; establishing as a goal for the Department of General Services a reduction, to the extent practicable, of the volume of carbon-intensive foods purchased by State procurement units; etc.

Procurement - Carbon-Intensive Foods

Del. James Gilchrist [D]	Del. Alfred Carr [D]	Del. Lorig Charkoudian [D]	Del. Bonnie Cullison [D]
Del. David Fraser-hidalgo [D]	Del. Jay Jalisi [D]	Sen. Ariana Kelly [D]	Del. Robbyn Lewis [D]
Del. Sara Love [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Sheree Sample-Hughes [D]	Del. Vaughn Stewart [D]
Sen. Karen Lewis Young [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21	House	Unfavorable Report by Health and Government Operations; Withdrawn
2019-02-01	House	Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
2019-02-01	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0492?ys=2019rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/hb/hb0492f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/fnotes/bil_0002/hb0492.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/votes_comm/hb0492_hgo.pdf