Creating a direct marketing food initiative task force to study issues affecting the direct marketing of food produced by farmers to consumers

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill establishes a direct marketing food initiative task force comprised of persons representing the department of agriculture and land stewardship, the economic development authority, the Iowa department of public health, and the department of inspections and appeals. The purpose of the task force is to conduct a study of issues affecting the direct marketing of food produced by farmers to consumers with the objective of expanding opportunities for private business with a minimum of government involvement. The task force must prepare a report to be submitted to the governor and general assembly not later than January 4, 2021, which includes its findings and recommendations. The task force is eliminated on June 30, 2021.

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