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Creating the criminal offense of food operation trespass, and providing penalties
Sponsored by the Senate Agriculture Committee
Topics:AgricultureCrime & corrections
Same legislation: SSB 3171
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- 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 creates the criminal offense of food operation trespass. A person commits the offense by entering or remaining on the property of a food operation without the consent of a person who has real or apparent authority over the property., processed and packaged) for human consumption, or a food establishment, such as a restaurant or farmers market that sells or offers for sale a meat or poultry product or honey. A food animal includes an animal belonging to the bovine, caprine, ovine, or porcine species; farm deer; turkeys, chickens, or other poultry; or honey bees.
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A person who commits food operation trespass commits an aggravated misdemeanor. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more than $6,250.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 13, 2020 (as SSB 3171). On February 17, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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