Maryland House Bill 528 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-18 - Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requiring specified county boards to add to a specified wellness policy on or before August 1, 2017, a specified plan for reducing students' added sugar intake per school meal based on specified recommendations; requiring specified county boards to convene a specified workgroup to study the best practices of other jurisdictions regarding methods of lowering students' total sugar intake per school meal; requiring the workgroup to hold at least two public hearings and receive public testimony at each meeting; etc.

Primary and Secondary Education - Sensible Sugar in Schools Act

Del. Eric Ebersole [D]	Del. Darryl Barnes [D]	Del. Diana Fennell [D]	Del. Kevin Hornberger [R]
Del. Carolyn Howard [D]	Del. Eric Luedtke [D]	Del. David Moon [D]	Del. Edith Patterson [D]
Del. Andrew Platt [D]	Sen. Barbara Robinson [D]	Del. James Tarlau [D]	Del. Jay Walker [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-18	House	Hearing 2/18 at 1:00 p.m.
2016-02-01	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0528?ys=2016rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/bills/hb/hb0528f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2016RS/fnotes/bil_0008/hb0528.pdf