General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5726
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2163
*02163*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist. REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist. REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist. REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5726
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2163
*02163*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist.
REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist.
REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LABELING OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to eliminate trigger events for the effectiveness of statutes pertaining to the labeling of food products that contain genetically modified organisms.
Statement of Purpose:
To enable the state to require the labeling of genetically modified organisms in food products.