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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 5836         </title>
<shortdesc>HALAL FOOD-REGISTRATION</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>410 ILCS 637/16 new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any food commodity in package form that is marked as being certified by an organization, identified on the package by any symbol, or is otherwise marked as being Halal shall not be offered for sale by the producer or distributor of the food commodity until 30 days after the producer or distributor registers the name, current address, and telephone numbers of the certifying organization or the supervising imam with the Department of Agriculture. Effective June 1, 2023.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>11/10/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback</action>
<statusdate>11/16/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>11/16/2022</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>1/10/2023</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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