FOOD HANDLING-COTTAGE FOOD House SponsorsRep. Will Guzzardi-Tim Butler, Lindsey LaPointe, Kelly M. Cassidy, Anne Stava-Murray, Deb Conroy, Barbara Hernandez, Jonathan Carroll, Mark L. Walker, Norine K. Hammond, Charles Meier, Thomas M. Bennett, Terra Costa Howard, Joyce Mason, Mike Murphy and Delia C. Ramirez 1/10/2023HouseSession Sine Die 410 ILCS 625/4410 ILCS 625/3.6 rep. Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. In provisions regarding cottage food operations: makes changes to definitions; requires cottage food operations to comply with specified requirements (rather than providing that specified entities may regulate the transaction of food or drink by a cottage food operation if the requirements are met); adds requirements for the sale of low-acid canned foods and fermented or acidified foods; provides that food and drink produced by a cottage food operation shall be sold directly to consumers for their own consumption and not for resale; removes language requiring State-certified local public health departments to regulate the service of food by a cottage food operation and allowing them to require a cottage food operation to submit specified canned foods to a commercial laboratory to verify specified information; requires local health departments to register eligible cottage food operations and issue certificates of registration; adds an exemption for a person who produces or packages a non-potentially hazardous baked good for sale by a religious, charitable, or nonprofit organization for fundraising purposes; preempts home rule; and makes other changes. Repeals provisions regarding home kitchen operations. 2/17/2021HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi 2/19/2021HouseFirst Reading 2/19/2021HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/24/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe 2/26/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy 2/26/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray 3/3/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy 3/3/2021HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler 3/5/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez 3/9/2021HouseAssigned to Consumer Protection Committee 3/9/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll 3/11/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker 3/21/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond 3/22/2021HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Will Guzzardi 3/22/2021HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 3/22/2021HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Consumer Protection Committee; 006-000-000 3/22/2021HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 3/24/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles Meier 4/1/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas M. Bennett 4/6/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard 4/8/2021HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 4/12/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason 4/19/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Murphy 4/21/2021HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 4/21/2021HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 4/23/2021HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 5/3/2021HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez 1/10/2023HouseSession Sine Die