Florida 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

HB 1159 — Food Recovery

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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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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Summary

Food Recovery; Providing definitions; directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to legislative appropriation, to implement a pilot program to provide incentives to food recovery entities to negotiate the price for fresh food products; providing shipping requirements; authorizing food recovery entities to reject certain fresh food products; requiring the department to reimburse food recovery entities for certain costs; etc.

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1159 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to food recovery;
F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1159 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to food recovery;
providing an appropriation;
"Current wholesale market price" means the wholesale Page 1of 4 CODING:
"Food producer" means an agricultural company, or their Page 1of 4 CODING:
hb1159-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1159 2024 market price for each food product on the invoice date at the closest shipping point as reported by the United States Department of Agriculture's Market News.
hb1159-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1159 2024 associated shipper, that produces fresh food products in the state.
"Food producer" means an agricultural company, or their associated shipper, that produces fresh food products in the state.
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(c) Food recovery entities must negotiate and pay no more than 50 percent of the current wholesale market price to a food producer for the purchase of food products.
(c) Food recovery entities must negotiate and pay a discounted price to a food producer for the purchase of food products.
The harvest or processing date and the current wholesale market price of each Page 2of 4 CODING:
The harvest or processing date and the current market price of each fresh food product purchased and the shipment destination must be included by invoice, bill of lading, or other documents from the food producer to the food recovery entity.
(d) Food recovery entities may reject any fresh food Page 2of 4 CODING:
hb1159-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1159 2024 fresh food product purchased and the shipment destination must be included by invoice, bill of lading, or other documents from the food producer to the food recovery entity.
hb1159-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1159 2024 product that does not meet the quality standards of the food recovery entity.
(d) Food recovery entities may reject any fresh food product that does not meet the quality standards of the food recovery entity.
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Each fresh food product was purchased at a discounted price.
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hb1159-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB1159 2024 d.
(f) The department shall submit a report on the pilot program to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2025, and by each January 1 thereafter.
(f) The department shall submit reports on the pilot program to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Page 3of 4 CODING:
The report must include all of the following:
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words underlined are additions.
hb1159-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB1159 2024 Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2025, and by January 1, 2026.
The reports must include all of the following:
Total dollars spent on each fresh food product and total dollars spent on all fresh food products.
Total dollars total spent on each fresh food product and total dollars spent on all fresh food products.
(h) This subsection expires on January 1, 2028.
(h) This subsection expires on January 1, 2026.
For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of $5 million in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to implement the pilot program under s.
595.420(8), Florida Statutes.
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Action History

  1. Died in Fiscal Policy

  2. Received

  3. Referred to Fiscal Policy

  4. In Messages

  5. CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar

  8. Placed on 3rd reading

  9. Amendment 104477 adopted

  10. Read 2nd time

  11. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024)

  12. Added to Second Reading Calendar

  13. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 3)

  14. Bill referred to House Calendar

  15. CS Filed

  16. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  17. Reported out of Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  18. Favorable with CS by Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  19. Added to Infrastructure Strategies Committee agenda

  20. Now in Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  21. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  22. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)

  23. CS Filed

  24. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  25. Reported out of Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  26. Favorable with CS by Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  27. Added to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee agenda

  28. Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  29. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  30. Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  31. 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  32. CS Filed

  33. Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)

  34. Reported out of Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  35. Favorable with CS by Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  36. Added to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee agenda

  37. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  38. Now in Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  39. Referred to Infrastructure Strategies Committee

  40. Referred to Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

  41. Referred to Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee

  42. Filed

Sponsors

  • Infrastructure Strategies Committee · Primary
  • Roth · Primary
  • Johanna López · Cosponsor
  • James Vernon "Jim" Mooney Jr. · Cosponsor
  • Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee Agriculture · Primary
  • Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee · Primary

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4 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 154 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

  • Infrastructure Strategies Committee
  • Roth
  • Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee
  • Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (154)

154 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage, Third Reading

Passed 114 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 65001
Democrat 27002
Unaffiliated 22003
Total 114006
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Altman — Yea
Payne — Yea
Fine — Yea
Renner — Yea
Roach — Yea
Grant — Yea
Beltran — Yea
Rommel — Yea
Benjamin — Yea
Roth — Yea
Rudman — Yea
Silvers — Yea
Keen — Yea
Killebrew — Yea
Stevenson — Yea
Caruso — Yea
Temple — Yea
Tomkow — Yea
Clemons — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Williams — Yea
Amesty — Not Voting
Bell — Not Voting
Casello — Not Voting
Lopez, V. — Yea
Antone, Bruce Hadley Democrat Yea
Arrington, Kristen Aston Democrat Yea
Bartleman, Robin Democrat Yea
Bracy Davis, LaVon Democrat Yea
Campbell, Daryl Democrat Yea
Chambliss, Kevin D. Democrat Yea
Cross, Lindsay Democrat Yea
Daley, Dan Democrat Yea
Daniels, Kimberly Democrat Yea
Driskell, Fentrice Democrat Yea
Dunkley, Lisa Democrat Yea
Edmonds, Jervonte "Tae" Democrat Yea
Eskamani, Dr. Anna V. Democrat Yea
Franklin II, Gallop Democrat Yea
Gantt, Ashley Viola Democrat Yea
Gottlieb, Michael "Mike" Democrat Yea
Gregory, Emily Democrat Yea
Harris, Jennifer "Rita" Democrat Yea
Hart-Lowman, Dianne "Ms Dee" Democrat Yea
Hinson, Yvonne Hayes Democrat Yea
Hunschofsky, Christine Democrat Yea
Joseph, Dotie Democrat Not Voting
López, Johanna Democrat Yea
Nixon, Angela "Angie" Democrat Yea
Rayner, Michele K. Democrat Yea
Robinson, Felicia Simone Democrat Yea
Skidmore, Kelly Democrat Not Voting
Tant, Allison Democrat Yea
Woodson, Marie Paule Democrat Yea
Abbott, Shane G. Republican Yea
Alvarez, Daniel Antonio "Danny" Republican Yea
Anderson, Adam Republican Yea
Andrade, Robert Alexander "Alex" Republican Yea
Baker, Jessica Republican Yea
Bankson, Douglas Michael "Doug" Republican Yea
Barnaby, Webster Republican Yea
Basabe, Fabián Republican Yea
Berfield, Kimberly Republican Yea
Black, Dean Republican Yea
Borrero, David Republican Yea
Botana, Adam Republican Yea
Brackett, Robert A. "Robbie" Republican Yea
Brannan III, Robert Charles "Chuck" Republican Yea
Buchanan, James Republican Yea
Busatta, Demi Republican Yea
Canady, Jennifer Republican Yea
Cassel, Hillary Republican Yea
Chamberlin, Ryan Republican Yea
Chaney, Linda Republican Not Voting
Duggan, Wyman Republican Yea
Esposito, Tiffany Republican Yea
Fabricio, Tom Republican Yea
Garcia, Ileana Republican Yea
Garrison, Sam Republican Yea
Giallombardo, Mike Republican Yea
Gonzalez Pittman, Karen Republican Yea
Gossett-Seidman, Peggy Republican Yea
Griffitts Jr., Philip Wayne "Griff" Republican Yea
Holcomb, Jeff Republican Yea
Jacques, Berny Republican Yea
Koster, Traci Republican Yea
LaMarca, Chip Republican Yea
Leek, Thomas J. "Tom" Republican Yea
Maggard, Randall Scott "Randy" Republican Yea
Maney, Patt Republican Yea
Massullo, Ralph E., Jr. Republican Yea
McClain, Stan Republican Yea
McClure, Lawrence Republican Yea
McFarland, Fiona Republican Yea
Melo, Lauren Republican Yea
Michael, Kiyan Republican Yea
Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" Republican Yea
Overdorf, Tobin Rogers "Toby" Republican Yea
Perez, Daniel Republican Yea
Persons-Mulicka, Jenna Republican Yea
Plakon, Rachel Saunders Republican Yea
Plasencia, Susan Republican Yea
Porras, Juan Carlos Republican Yea
Redondo, Mike Republican Yea
Rizo, Alex Republican Yea
Robinson Jr., William Cloud "Will" Republican Yea
Salzman, Michelle Republican Yea
Shoaf, Jason Republican Yea
Sirois, Tyler I. Republican Yea
Smith, David Republican Yea
Snyder, John Republican Yea
Stark, Paula A. Republican Yea
Steele, Kevin M. Republican Yea
Trabulsy, Dana Republican Yea
Tramont, Chase Republican Yea
Truenow, Keith L. Republican Yea
Tuck, Kaylee Republican Yea
Valdés, Susan L. Republican Yea
Yarkosky, Taylor Michael Republican Yea
Yeager, Bradford Troy "Brad" Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1159 do?
Food Recovery; Providing definitions; directing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, subject to legislative appropriation, to implement a pilot program to provide incentives to food recovery entities to negotiate the price for fresh food products; providing shipping requirements; authorizing food recovery entities to reject certain fresh food products; requiring the department to reimburse food recovery entities for certain costs; etc.
Who sponsors HB 1159?
HB 1159 is sponsored by Infrastructure Strategies Committee, Roth, López, Johanna (Democrat), Mooney Jr., James Vernon "Jim" (Republican), Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee, and Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee.
What is the current status of HB 1159?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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.
Where can I track HB 1159?
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