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HB66 Alabama 2024 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026
HB66 Alabama 2024 Session
House Bill
Enacted
Current Status
Regular Session 2024
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2024
Title
Seafood products, country of origin notification, correct name, differentiate between farm-raised and wild fish; required for food service establishments
Description

Under existing law, food service establishments are not required to provide the country of origin of certain food products they provide to consumers.

This bill would require food service establishments to notify consumers of the country of origin of seafood products they offer for sale or advertise.

This bill would require food service establishments to use the correct common name of seafood products they offer for sale or advertise.

This bill would require food service establishments to notify consumers as to whether fish or shrimp offered for sale or advertised are farm-raised or wild.

This bill would further provide for the State Department of Public Health to impose civil penalties on food service establishments for the failure to comply with these requirements.

Subjects
Consumer Protection; Health

Bill Actions

H

Enacted

H

Enacted

H

Delivered to Governor

S

Signature Requested

H

Enrolled

H

Ready to Enroll

H

Ready to Enroll

S

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 1158

S

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 1157 NUAEJ8J-1

S

Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment Offered NUAEJ8J-1

S

Third Reading in Second House

S

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

S

Reported Out of Committee Second House

S

Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry 1st Amendment NUAEJ8J-1

S

Pending Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry

H

Engrossed

H

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 168

H

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 167 TVNW551-1

H

Simpson Amendment Offered TVNW551-1

H

Motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 166 FTMNDDC-1

H

PW&IT Substitute Offered FTMNDDC-1

H

Third Reading in House of Origin

H

Committee Substitute Adopted FTMNDDC-1

H

Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar

H

Reported Out of Committee House of Origin

H

Pending House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

H

Prefiled

Calendar

Hearing

Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Hearing

room 316 at 14:30:00

Hearing

House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Hearing

Room 206 at 16:00:00

Hearing

House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Hearing

Room 429 at 13:00:00

Bill Text

Votes

Passed House Of Origin

February 29, 2024 House Passed
Yes 101
Abstained 1
Absent 1

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Roll Call 1158

May 8, 2024 Senate Passed
Yes 32
Absent 3

Motion to Adopt - Roll Call 1157 NUAEJ8J-1

May 8, 2024 Senate Passed
Yes 32
Absent 3

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature