Bill Text: IL HB5836 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any food commodity in package form that is marked as being certified by an organization, identified on the package by any symbol, or is otherwise marked as being Halal shall not be offered for sale by the producer or distributor of the food commodity until 30 days after the producer or distributor registers the name, current address, and telephone numbers of the certifying organization or the supervising imam with the Department of Agriculture. Effective June 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-11-16 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5836 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5836-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5836 Introduced , by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 637/16 new
Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any food commodity in package form that is marked as being certified by an organization, identified on the package by any symbol, or is otherwise marked as being Halal shall not be offered for sale by the producer or distributor of the food commodity until 30 days after the producer or distributor registers the name, current address, and telephone numbers of the certifying organization or the supervising imam with the Department of Agriculture. Effective June 1, 2023.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Halal Food Act is amended by adding Section
16 as follows:
(410 ILCS 637/16 new)
Sec. 16. Registration. Any food commodity in package form
that is marked as being certified by an organization,
identified on the package by any symbol, or is otherwise
marked as being Halal shall not be offered for sale by the
producer or distributor of the food commodity until 30 days
after the producer or distributor registers the name, current
address, and telephone numbers of the certifying organization
or the supervising imam with the Department of Agriculture.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
2023.