SB 5799: Concerning the sale of halal foods.
Signed into law: Chapter 245, Laws of 2024
- Sponsor
- Wilson, C.
- Introduced
- January 8, 2024
- Status
- C 245 L 24
- Last action
- Effective date 6/6/2024. (March 25, 2024)
- As of
- August 18, 2026, 2:03 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 29, 202496 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 9, 202448 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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