Maine LD 110: An Act To Designate Maple Syrup as the Official State Sweetener

LD 110 (subjects: STATE GOVERNMENT , STATE EMBLEMS )

Official bill page at mainelegislature.org: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=110&PID=1456&snum=127

Sponsors | Actions | Bill Text & Amendments | Patterns of Support

Actions

	Chamber	Action
1/22/2015	House	Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
1/29/2015	Senate	On motion by Senator WOODSOME of York , REFERRED to the Committee on State and Local Government, in concurrence.
4/14/2015	House	CONSENT CALENDAR – FIRST DAY
4/16/2015	House	Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary Representative McLEAN of Gorham, Chair, House of Representatives Report Accepted. CONSENT CALENDAR – SECOND DAY. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment “A” (H-67). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/21/2015	Senate	Report READ and ACCEPTED , in concurrence. READ ONCE Committee Amendment “A” (H-67) READ and ADOPTED , in concurrence. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
4/23/2015	Senate	COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED. READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment “A” (H-67), in concurrence. Ordered sent down forthwith.
4/28/2015	House	PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/29/2015	Senate	PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

Important Note: The bill text below presents L.D. 110 as originally introduced. L.D. 110 was changed by the legislature through amendment. To understand the impact of this legislation in proper context, be sure to read adopted amendment text, available here: C-A (H-67) .

An Act To Designate Maple Syrup as the Official State Sweetener

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 1 MRSA 228 is enacted to read:

228. State sweetener

Maple syrup is the official state sweetener.

SUMMARY

This bill designates maple syrup as the official state sweetener.

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This information about LD 110 was last updated on 2016-05-12.
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