Illinois House Bill 54 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Failed on January 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Creates the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Agriculture shall develop and administer an annual Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program to enhance local food processing, aggregation, and distribution within the State. Establishes eligibility requirements for the grants. Provides that all grant funding must be used for the purchasing, leasing to own, renting, building, or installation of infrastructure that will increase market access of Illinois communities to Illinois agricultural products. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall create an independent Local Food Infrastructure Steering Committee to guide the implementation and evaluation of the grant. Provides that the committee shall be selected by the Director. Provides that the committee shall include, but is not limited to, at least 3 farmers, including one specialty crop farmer, one livestock farmer, and one farmer of color; one representative from the local food processing industry, one representative from a non-profit organization serving farmers of color, one representative from a non-profit organization serving farmers at large, and one representative from the Department. Provides that the Director must file with the Governor and General Assembly, and publish publicly on or before March 1 of each year, a written report detailing the impact of the Local Food Infrastructure Grant for the previous calendar year. The report must include a complete list of (1) all applications for grants under the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Program during the previous calendar year; (2) all persons that were awarded the Local Food Infrastructure Grant and the nature and amount of their awards in the previous calendar year; and (3) the economic impact of the grant from the previous calendar year, which may include jobs created, local food sales increases, and communities served. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.

AGRICULTURE-TECH

Rep. Sonya Harper [D]	Rep. Sharon Chung [D]	Sen. David Koehler [D]	Sen. Doris Turner [D]
Sen. Linda Holmes [D]

2023-05-03 - House - Third Reading in House (Y: 97 N: 15 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Session Sine Die
2023-05-26	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-05-19	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
2023-05-12	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
2023-05-11	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 21, 2023
2023-05-11	Senate	Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 25, 2023
2023-05-10	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
2023-05-09	Senate	Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner
2023-05-09	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 19, 2023
2023-05-09	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations
2023-05-04	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-05-04	Senate	First Reading
2023-05-04	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
2023-05-04	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
2023-05-04	Senate	Arrive in Senate
2023-05-03	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-015-000
2023-05-03	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2023-05-03	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
2023-04-26	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung
2023-04-25	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 009-000-000
2023-04-18	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Agriculture & Conservation Committee
2023-04-18	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2023-04-18	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2023-04-18	House	Third Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
2023-04-18	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2023-04-18	House	Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 005-000-000
2023-04-17	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2023-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2023-03-16	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate **
2023-03-16	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2023-03-01	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate **
2023-03-01	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Executive Committee; 011-000-000
2023-02-23	House	Assigned to Executive Committee
2023-01-12	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-12	House	First Reading
2022-12-05	House	Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
505	10	1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=54&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB0054.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB0054eng.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB0054ham001.htm
Roll Call	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/votehistory/103/house/10300HB0054_05032023_006000T.pdf