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HB0168 • 2023
Innovations in Wyoming Agriculture.
AN ACT relating to food and drugs; allowing custom exempt meat processors to offer products for retail sale; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.
Agriculture
Did Not Pass
The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.
- Sponsor
- Representative Western
- Last action
- 2023-02-06
- Official status
- inactive
- Effective date
- 3/1/2023
Plain English Breakdown
The official source indicates that the bill did not pass and therefore has no effective date.
Wyoming Meat Processor Retail Sales Act
The bill allows custom exempt meat processors in Wyoming to sell their products directly to consumers.
What This Bill Does
- Allows custom exempt meat processing facilities to offer carcasses and meat products for retail sale.
- Defines 'custom exempt meat processor' as a facility licensed under the meat inspection program that processes meat according to federal regulations.
Who It Names or Affects
- Custom exempt meat processors in Wyoming
- Consumers who buy meat products from these facilities
Terms To Know
- custom exempt meat processor
- A licensed facility that processes carcasses and meat products under federal regulations.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill did not pass in the session.
- It does not specify how sales will be regulated or taxed.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
HB0168HS001
Standing Committee • House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water
Filed
Plain English: The amendment adds a new section that protects state inspected and custom slaughter facilities from any negative consequences when the bill passes, ensuring they can continue operating without interruption.
- Adds a new section to ensure state inspected and custom slaughter facilities are protected after the bill is passed.
- Modifies the existing numbering by changing 'Section 2.' to 'Section 3.' in the original bill.
- The amendment does not specify what exact measures the Department of Agriculture will take, leaving some details unclear.
Bill History
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2023-02-06
House
H COW:H Did not consider for COW
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2023-02-02
House
H Placed on General File
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2023-02-02
House
H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0
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2023-01-20
House
H Introduced and Referred to H05 - Agriculture
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2023-01-18
House
H Received for Introduction
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2023-01-17
LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
23LSO-0517
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0517
Numbered
2.0
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0168
Innovations in Wyoming Agriculture.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Western, Allemand, Allred, Andrew, Banks, Brown and Slagle and Senator(s) McKeown and Rothfuss
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to food and drugs; allowing custom exempt meat processors to offer products for retail sale; providing a definition; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 35
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128 is created to read:
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128.
Custom exempt meat processing; retail sale permitted.
(a)
Any meat processing facility that is licensed as a custom exempt meat processor by the department of agriculture may offer any carcass or meat products for retail sale in Wyoming.
(b)
As used in this section, "custom exempt meat processor" means a licensed facility under the meat inspection program under W.S. 35-7-123(a)(x) that processes carcasses and meat products pursuant to the exemption under 9 C.F.R. 303.1.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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