l9n/ Oregon

2013 Regular Session

Senate Bill 603

Requires State Department of Agriculture to develop proposed requirement for certification, sale or labeling of agricultural product as organically produced.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rural Communities and Economic Development Committee on July 8, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires State Department of Agriculture to develop proposed requirement for certification, sale or labeling of agricultural product as organically produced. Requires that proposed requirement include prohibition against selling or labeling agricultural product as having been organically produced if product contains detectable levels of artificially derived compound. Requires department to submit proposal to United States Secretary of Agriculture for approval. Establishes timelines for submission of proposed requirement, implementation of requirement if approval is received and reporting to interim committee of Legislative Assembly regarding status of approval request. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 19 to July 8, 2013, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 19 to Jul 8 · stopped139 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 19 to Feb 212 days

Rural Communities and Economic DevelopmentFeb 21 to Jul 8 · stopped137 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 19 – Jul 8

  1. Feb 19Introduced
  2. Feb 21Sent to Rural Communities and Economic Development
  3. Jul 8Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Feb 19Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Feb 21Referred to Rural Communities and Economic Development.Senate
  3. Jul 8In committee upon adjournment.Senate