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HB 552 Bed-and-breakfast operations; definition of restaurant.
Introduced by: Nicholas J. Freitas | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Definition of restaurant; exception; bed-and-breakfast operations. Exempts from requirements related to restaurants, including licensure requirements, any bed-and-breakfast operation that prepares food for and offers food to guests, regardless of the time the food is prepared and offered, so long as (i) the premises of the bed-and-breakfast operation is a home that is owner occupied or owner-agent occupied, (ii) the bed-and-breakfast operation prepares food for and offers food to guests only, (iii) the number of guests served by the bed-and-breakfast operation does not exceed 18 on any single day, and (iv) guests for whom food is prepared and to whom food is offered are informed in a manner established by the State Board of Health in regulations that the food is prepared in a kitchen that is not licensed as a restaurant and is not subject to regulations governing restaurants. This bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100133D pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107055D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB552ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/18 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100133D
- 01/08/18 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/23/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/18 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 House: Read first time
- 01/30/18 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/31/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/01/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/16/18 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 02/22/18 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/22/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107055D-S1
- 02/23/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18107055D-S1
- 02/26/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB552S1
- 02/26/18 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/18 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107055D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/18 House: Enrolled
- 03/02/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB552ER)
- 03/02/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/05/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 7, 2018
- 03/07/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/23/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/23/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450)