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2002 SESSION

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SB 24 Infant formula or nonprescription drugs; prohibited sale.

Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Itinerant merchants; prohibited sale of certain merchandise; penalty. Prohibits the sale by an itinerant merchant of infant formula or nonprescription drugs unless the seller maintains for public inspection a valid authorization identifying that such person is an authorized representative of the manufacturer or distributor of the prohibited merchandise. "Infant formula" is defined as any food manufactured, packaged and labeled specifically for sale for consumption by a child under the age of two. "Nonprescription drug" is defined as any substances or mixture of substances containing medicines or drugs for which no prescription is required and which are generally sold for internal or topical use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in human beings.

Under the bill any person convicted of violating this provision is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor on the first offense and a Class 2 misdemeanor upon conviction of any subsequent offense.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/18/01 026018552  pdf
• 01/21/02  Senate: Printed as engrossed 026018552-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/27/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB24ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/26/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 12/18/01 026018552
• 01/09/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/16/02  Senate: Reported from General Laws with amds (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/21/02  Senate: Read second time
• 01/21/02  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 01/21/02  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/21/02  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 01/21/02  Senate: Printed as engrossed 026018552-E
• 01/22/02  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
• 01/22/02  Senate: Communicated to House
• 01/28/02  House: Placed on Calendar
• 01/28/02  House: Read first time
• 01/28/02  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/14/02  House: Reported from General Laws with amds (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/02  House: Read second time
• 02/19/02  House: Read third time
• 02/19/02  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/19/02  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/19/02  House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/02  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/02  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB24ER)
• 03/06/02  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/07/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/22/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 138 (effective 7/1/02)
• 03/26/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0138)