HB0206 • 2020

Support for food banks.

AN ACT relating to administration of government; requiring the department of health to provide grants to community food banks as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Representative Burlingame
Last action: 2020-02-13
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so there is no implementation or impact data available.

Support for Food Banks

The bill requires the Department of Health to provide grants to community food banks based on specific criteria and allocates $500,000 from the state's general fund for this purpose.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Health to establish criteria for funding amounts and priority order for providing grants to community-based food banks.
Food banks must meet certain requirements such as serving their own communities, showing need in the community they serve, and demonstrating unique or emergent needs to qualify for grants.
Allocates $500,000 from the state's general fund to support these grants until June 30, 2022.

Who It Names or Affects

Community-based food banks that meet the Department of Health’s criteria
The Department of Health

Terms To Know

community-based food bank: An organization located in a community that collects and distributes donated or surplus food to people in need.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill did not pass, so the grants and criteria were never implemented.
It is unclear how many food banks would qualify for these grants based on the established criteria.

Bill History

2020-02-13 House
H Failed Introduction 32-27-1-0-0
2020-02-12 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-11 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

20LSO-0553
2020
STATE OF WYOMING
20LSO-0553
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0206

Support for food banks.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Burlingame, Blake, Clifford, Duncan, Salazar, Stith and Western and Senator(s) Anselmi-Dalton, Driskill, Kost and Schuler

A BILL

for

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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(a)

To provide necessary support of the poor the department of health shall establish criteria for funding amounts and priority order to receive the funding amounts
and shall provide grants accordingly to community-based food banks. The criteria shall include, at a minimum:

(i)

Verification that the food bank serves the community in which the food bank is located;

(ii)

A showing of general need for the program in the community the food bank serves;

(iii)

A demonstration of unique or emergent needs in the community the food bank serves.

(b)

As used in this section "community-based food bank" means an organization located in the community that the organization serves that collects donated or surplus foodstuffs and distributes them free or at low cost to programs or organizations serving people in need.

(c)

There is appropriated five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) from the general fund to the department of health for purposes of this act. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the
effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2022. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June

30,

2022.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
.

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