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Minutes for HB2729 - Committee on Agriculture
Short Title
Moving egg repackaging requirements from statute to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of the Kansas department of agriculture.
Minutes Content for Tue, Feb 13, 2018
The Chair opened the hearing on HB2729 at 4:09pm.
Kyle Hamilton, Assistant Revisor, Office of The Revisor of Statutes, provided an overview of HB2729 and the statutes that it affects. (Attachment 2) There is a Fiscal Note for HB2729.
PROPONENTS
Chad Bontrager, Deputy Secretary, Kansas Department of Agriculture, appeared before the Committee in support of HB2729. (Attachment 3) This bill would allow retailers to repackage eggs without downgrading them to Grade B automatically. We do not see a food safety concern with maintaining the original grade, but we do see the need for some specific requirements that should be added to rules and regulations if HB2729 passes.
Drew Sadler, Director of Global Public Policy, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., submitted written only testimony in support of HB2729. (Attachment 4)
There were no opponents/neutrals of HB2729.
The hearing on HB2729 was closed at 4:17pm.
Representative Sloan moved to suspend the rules and work HB2729. Representative Hibbard seconded the motion. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.
Representative Sloan moved to favorably pass HB2729 and since it was of a non-controversial nature that it be placed on the Consent Calendar. Representative Baker seconded the motion. The motion passed on a voice vote.
