Illinois Senate Bill 1704 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 13 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Department of Agriculture, with meaningful input from stakeholders, shall develop an Illinois Harvest to Homes Pilot Program for a period of 5 years under which eligible entities may receive funding to provide agricultural surplus to communities of need. Creates an advisory council to support the Program. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement the program no later than 90 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that aspects of the program that are eligible for funding may include: (1) reimbursement to growers for picking, packing, and processing agricultural surplus; (2) transportation to the food banks; (3) reimbursement to food banks for storage and distribution costs; (4) capacity building grants for food banks to invest in facility upgrades for processing agricultural surplus; (5) marketing and promotional activities related to the pilot program; and (6) program administration. Provides for reporting requirements. Effective immediately.

HARVEST TO HOME PILOT PROGRAM

Sen. Linda Holmes [D]

Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]

Sen. Laura Fine [D]

Sen. Antonio Munoz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-13	Senate	Session Sine Die
2019-03-28	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-28	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2019-03-22	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 28, 2019
2019-03-19	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
2019-03-19	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
2019-03-14	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
2019-03-14	Senate	Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes
2019-03-14	Senate	Postponed - Agriculture
2019-02-27	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
2019-02-27	Senate	Assigned to Agriculture
2019-02-20	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
2019-02-15	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2019-02-15	Senate	First Reading
2019-02-15	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Linda Holmes

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1704&GAID=15&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1704.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SB/10100SB1704sam001.htm