HB5836 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5836

Introduced 11/16/2022, by Rep. Denyse Wang Stoneback

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

410 ILCS 637/16 new

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Halal Food Act is amended by adding Section 16 as follows:

(410 ILCS 637/16 new)

Sec. 16. Registration. 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.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, 2023.