Bill Text: TX HB590 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the labeling and sale of Texas honey.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-30 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [HB590 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB590-Engrossed.html
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| By: Bailes, Lambert, Kuempel, Cain, | H.B. No. 590 | |
| Thompson of Harris, et al. | ||
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| relating to the labeling and sale of Texas honey. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 131, Agriculture Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 131.085 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 131.085. USE OF "TEXAS HONEY" ON LABEL. A person may | ||
| not label, sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale a product | ||
| identified on its label as "Texas honey" unless the product | ||
| consists exclusively of honey produced from apiaries in Texas. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
