H.112 (Act 120)
An act relating to the labeling of food produced with genetic engineering
Sponsors:
Rep. Kathryn Webb, Rep. John Bartholomew, Rep. Teo Zagar, Rep. Carolyn Partridge, Rep. James McCullough
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Rep. Clement Bissonnette, Rep. Mollie Burke, Rep. Sarah Buxton, Rep. Stephen Carr, Rep. Margaret Cheney, Rep. Kevin Christie, Rep. George Cross, Rep. Leigh Dakin, Rep. David Deen, Rep. Dennis Devereux, Rep. Anne Donahue, Rep. Johannah Donovan, Rep. Rebecca Ellis, Rep. Alice Emmons, Rep. William Frank, Rep. Patsy French, Rep. Helen Head, Rep. Mary Hooper, Rep. Kathleen Keenan, Rep. Jill Krowinski, Rep. Diane Lanpher, Rep. Richard Marek, Rep. Cynthia Martin, Rep. Linda Martin, Rep. James Masland, Rep. Michael McCarthy, Rep. Curtis McCormack, Rep. Alice Miller, Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Rep. Betty Nuovo, Rep. Christopher Pearson, Rep. Peter Peltz, Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Rep. Kesha Ram, Rep. David Sharpe, Rep. Kristy Spengler, Rep. Thomas Stevens, Rep. Valerie Stuart, Rep. George Till, Rep. Tristan Toleno, Rep. Linda Waite-Simpson, Rep. Suzi Wizowaty, Rep. Mark Woodward, Rep. Joan Lenes, Rep. Maida Townsend
Last Recorded Action: 5/8/2014 - Signed by Governor on May 8, 2014
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2013 - 2014 Legislative Session
House Committee on Agriculture and Forest Products
- Bridget Asay, Assistant Attorney General
- Cathy Bacon, Owner, Freedom Foods
- Dan Barlow, Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Jillian Bernstein, Student Clinician, Vermont Law School
- Kari Bradley, General Manager, Hunger Mountain Coop
- Conrad Brunk, Editor, "Acceptable Genes?: Religious Traditions and Genetically Modified Foods"
- Rev. Daniel Buford, Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland, CA
- Jane Clifford, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers Cooperative Federation, Inc.
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, , Northfield
- Steven Druker, Executive Director, Alliance for Bio-Integrity
- Mel Fields, Birnn Chocolates of Vermont
- Alex Funk, Student Clinician, Vermont Law School
- Rabbi Elihu Gevirtz, Council of Netiya
- Val Giddings, Senior Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- Jordan Gonda, Law Clerk, Office of Legislative Council
- Jerry Greenfield, Co-Founder, Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
- Dr. Michael Hansen, Senior Staff Scientist, Consumers Union
- Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Grocers' Association
- Rep. Martha Heath, Chair, Westford
- Dale Johnson, Divisional Vice President, State Government Affairs, Abbott Labs
- Rep. William F. Johnson, Canaan
- Rep. Duncan F. Kilmartin, , Newport
- Michelle Kropp, Gringo Jack's
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Laggistics
- Jim Leland, Director, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Chelsea Lewis, Agricultural Development Coordinator, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Robert Merker, Supervisory Consumer Safety Officer, Food and Drug Administration
- Rob Michalak, Social Mission Director, Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
- Laura Murphy, Associate Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Stephen Pintauro, Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Vermont
- Dyeanne Racette, General Surgeon, Copley Hospital
- Rep. Paul Ralston, Middlebury
- George Schenk, American Flatbread
- Falko Schilling, Consumer Advocate, VPIRG
- Tim Schmalz, Plant Pathologist, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Sen. Dick Sears, Sponsor
- Jeffrey Smith, Author and Founder, Institute for Responsible Technology
- Andrea Stander, Executive Director, Rural Vermont
- Rep. Kate Webb, Sponsor of Bill
House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
- Rep. Kristina Michelsen, Member, House Committee on Agriculture
- Rep. Tristan Toleno, Member, House Committee on Agriculture
- Rep. Teo Zagar, Member, House Committee on Agriculture
House Committee on Judiciary
- Bridget Asay, Assistant Attorney General
- Rep. John L. Bartholomew
- Karin Moore, Vice President and General Counsel, Grocery Manufacturers Asso.
- Wendy Morgan, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Laura Murphy, Associate Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Windham
- Rep. Kate Webb, Sponsor
- Rep. Teo Zagar, Barnard
Senate Committee on Agriculture
- Kurt Armbrust, South Hartford
- Janet Anderson, Former Director, Biopesticides Division, EPA
- Bridget Asay, Assistant Attorney General
- Mike Bald, Royalton
- Dan Barlow, Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Nancy Baron, Warren
- Jacques Berchten, Grand Isle
- Steven Berry, Manchester
- Stuart Blood, Thetford Center
- Judy Bourque, Kirby
- Shane Bowley, South Burlington
- Gayle Brown, North Fayston
- Sean Burke, Barre
- Cat Buxton, Sharon
- Jane Clifford, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers
- Kye Cochran, , Hartford
- Rich Conte, Stowe
- Kelly Cummings, Fletcher
- Sylvia Davatz, Hartford
- Helen Dicke, Hartland
- Martin Donohoe, Member, Board of Advisers, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
- Steven Druker, Executive Director, Alliance for Bio-Integrity
- Ben Eastwood, Montpelier
- Matthew Ennis, Winooski
- David Fried, Elmore
- Grace Gershuny, Barnet
- Val Giddings, Senior Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
- Jerry Greenfield, Co-Founder, Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
- Dr. Michael Hansen, Senior Staff Scientist, Consumers Union
- Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Grocers' Association
- Gary Hirshberg, Founder and former CEO, Stonyfield Farm
- Elizabeth Howard, Norwich
- Maureen Hurley, Topsham
- Chris Jacobson, Hartland
- Sarita Khan, Montgomery
- Nova Kim, Fairlee
- Sylvia Knight, , Charlotte
- Jane Kolodinsky, Director, Center for Rural Studies, Community Development and Applied Economics Department, UVM
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Laggistics
- Lucy Leriche, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
- Susan Lloyd, Westford
- Jesse Lovasco, Montpelier
- Morgan MacIver, Plainfield
- James Maroney, Owner
- Stephen Marx, Strafford
- Rep. Kristina Michelsen, Representative, House Committee on Agriculture
- Chris Miller, Director of Sustainability, Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
- Jim Minnich, Bethel
- Laura Murphy, Associate Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School
- Amos Newton, Jamaica
- Timothy O'Dell
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Judith Persin, Bethel
- Dyeanne Racette, General Surgeon, Copley Hospital
- Bradley Rauch, Stowe
- Michele Robbins, Williston
- Richard Roderick, Wells River
- David Rogers, Policy Advisor, NOFA VT
- Claudia Rose, Enosburg
- Chuck Ross, Secretary, Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets
- Janice Russotti, South Burlington
- Stewart Savet, Brattleboro
- George Schenk, American Flatbread
- Falko Schilling, Consumer Advocate, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
- Paula Schramm, Enosburg
- Fred Schwacke, Winhall
- Ben Scotch, Montpelier
- Li Shen, Thetford
- Alton Smith, Wolcott
- Rep. Harvey Smith
- Stuart Smith, South Strafford
- Sylvia Smith, South Strafford
- William Sorrell, Vermont Attorney General, Attorney General's Office
- Rick Staht, Chester
- Andrea Stander, Executive Director, Rural Vermont
- Brian Stroffolino, Hartland
- Mike Tetreault, President, Vermont Feed Dealers and Manufacturers Association
- Rep. Tristan Toleno, Representative, House Committee on Agriculture
- Al Walskey, Berkshire
- Rep. Teo Zagar, House Committee on Agriculture
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Bridget Asay, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
- Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- James Reardon, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
- Susanne Young, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Stanley H. Abramson, Attorney, Arent Fox PLLC, Washington, DC
- Kurt Armbrust, So. Hartford
- Bridget Asay, Assistant Attorney General
- Mike Bald, Royalton
- Dan Barlow, Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Nancy Baron, Warren
- Jacques Berchten, Grand Isle
- Steven Berry, Manchester
- Stuart Blood, Thetford Center
- Diane Bothfeld, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Agriculture
- Judy Bourque, Kirby
- Shane Bowley, South Burlington
- Gayle Brown, North Fayston
- Geraldine Burke, Barre
- Cat Buxton, Sharon
- Stacey Chagnan
- Jane Clifford, Executive Director, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers Cooperative Federation, Inc.
- Kye Cochran, Hartford
- Rich Conte, Stowe
- Kelly Cummings, Fletcher
- Sylvia Davatz, Hartford
- Helen Dicke, Hartland
- Steven Drucker, President and Executive Director, Alliance for Bio-Integrity
- Ben Eastwood, Montpelier
- Matthew Ennis, Winooski
- David Fried, Elmore
- Grace Gersheny, Barnet
- Val Giddings, Senior Fellow, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Silver Springs, MD
- Dr. Michael Hansen, Senior Staff Scientist, Consumers Union, Yonkers, NY
- Jim Harrison, President, Vermont Grocers' Association
- Andrew Homan, Student Clinician
- Elizabeth Howard, Norwich
- Maureen Hurley, Topsham
- Chris Jacobson, Hartland
- Sarita Khan, Montgomery
- Nova Kim, Fairlee
- Sylvia Knight, Charlotte
- Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, United Dairy Farmers of Vermont
- Susan Lloyd, Westford
- Jesse Lovasco, Montpelier
- Morgan MacIver, Plainfield
- James H. Maroney Jr.
- Stephen Marx, Strafford
- Chris Miller, Director of Sustainability, Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
- Jim Minnich, Bethel
- Bill Moore, Legislative Director
- Laura Murphy, Associate Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, Vermont Law School
- Amos Newton, Jamaica
- Pete Newton, Windham
- Timothy O'Dell
- Michael O'Grady, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Judith Persin, Bethel
- Bradley Rauch, Stowe
- Michele Robbins, Williston
- Richard Roderick, Wells River
- Claudia Rose, Enosburg
- Janice Russotti, S. Burlington
- Stewart Savel, Brattleboro
- George Schenk, Warren
- Falko Schlilling, Montpelier
- Paula Schramm, Enosburg
- Fred Schwacke, Winhall
- Ben Scotch, Montpelier
- Li Shen, Thetford
- Alton Smith, Wolcott
- Stuart Smith, South Strafford
- Syvia Smith, So. Strafford
- Rick Staht, Chester
- Brian Stroffolino, Hartland
- Al Walskey, Bershire