HB 2059: Concerning the sale of halal foods.
Did not pass. The 2023-24 session has ended.
- Sponsor
- Stearns
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- H Rules 3C
- Last action
- By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading. (March 7, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:02 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Prohibits a person from selling or offering for sale any food product represented as halal when that person knows that the food product is not halal and the representation is likely to cause the purchaser to believe that it is halal. Provides that the sale or offer for sale of a food product marked as halal when that person knows the product is not halal constitutes a violation of the Consumer Protection Act.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 7, 202497 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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