Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee 2 D cosponsors

SB 560 — AN ACT INCREASING THE VALUE OF FARMERS' MARKET VOUCHER BOOKS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.

Last action — FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No.
General Assembly Substitute Bill No.
560 January Session, 2019 LCO No.
560 January Session, 2019 AN ACT INCREASING THE VALUE OF FARMERS' MARKET VOUCHER BOOKS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
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(AGE) AN ACT INCREASING THE VALUE OF FARMERS' MARKET VOUCHER BOOKS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
The Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish the dollar value of voucher books, provided such value shall not be less than twenty-five dollars worth of vouchers for each senior participant.For purposes of this section, a "senior participant" is defined as a person who is sixty years of age or older and is currently residing in [elderly] housing for elderly persons, or is a participant of a registered congregate meal site, or has LCO No.
The Commissioner of Agriculture shall establish the dollar value of voucher books, provided such value shall not be less than fifty dollars' worth of vouchers for each senior participantFor purposes of this section, a "senior participant" is defined as a person who is sixty years of age or older and is currently residing in [elderly] housing for elderly persons, or is a participant of a registered congregate meal site, or has been identified by a municipal [elderly] agent for elderly persons as being at nutritional risk.
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The program is designed to provide both a supplemental source of fresh produce for the dietary needs of [seniors] senior participants who are judged to be at nutritional risk and to LCO \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00560-R01 of 2 SB.docx Substitute Bill No.
560 been identified by a municipal [elderly] agent for elderly persons as being at nutritional risk.
560 stimulate an increased demand for Connecticut-grown produce at Connecticut farmers' markets.
The program is designed to provide both a supplemental source of fresh produce for the dietary needs of [seniors] senior participants who are judged to be at nutritional risk and to stimulate an increased demand for Connecticut-grown produce at Connecticut farmers' markets.
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(Effective July 1, 2019) The sum of two hundred eighty-two thousand dollars is appropriated to the Department of Agriculture from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, to increase the dollar value of Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program voucher books to twenty-five dollars per senior participant and to ensure that a sufficient number of vouchers are available.
Section 1 July 1, 2019 22-6q(a) Sec.
Section 1 July 1, 2019 22-6q(a) AGE Joint Favorable Subst.
2 July 1, 2019 New section Statement of Purpose:
APP Joint Favorable LCO R02-SB.docx }OUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00560- 2 of 2
To increase to twenty-five dollars the value of voucher books each eligible senior citizen can receive toward purchases at farmers' markets.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] LCO No.
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Action History

  1. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  2. NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Appropriations

  3. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  4. FILED WITH LCO

  5. Joint Favorable

  6. REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Appropriations

  7. FILE NO. 16

  8. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 28

  9. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  10. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  11. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/04/19

  12. FILED WITH LCO

  13. Joint Favorable Substitute

  14. PUBLIC HEARING 0214

  15. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Aging

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (183)

183 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 560?
SB 560 is sponsored by Borer, Dorinda, Rochelle, Kara, Martin M. Looney (Democratic), and Saud Anwar (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 560?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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