88R739 MP-D
By: Bailes, Lambert, Kuempel, Cain, H.B. No. 590
Thompson of Harris, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the labeling and sale of Texas honey.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 131, Agriculture Code, is
amended by adding Section 131.085 to read as follows:
Sec. 131.085. USE OF "TEXAS HONEY" ON LABEL. A person may
not label, sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale a product
identified on its label as "Texas honey" unless the product
consists exclusively of honey produced from apiaries in Texas.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.