Healthy Food Incentive Program. (Fe)

AI Summary

The Healthy Food Incentive Program (Fe) aims to promote healthy eating by providing incentives for the purchase of fruits and vegetables to low-income individuals. The bill includes provisions for funding grants to eligible entities such as retailers and farmers markets to offer discounts on fresh produce. This program seeks to improve access to nutritious foods, especially in underserved communities, and address health disparities related to diet-related illnesses. By encouraging the consumption of healthy foods, the bill aims to enhance overall public health and well-being.

• 2024-01-25: Introduced

• 2024-01-25: Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

• 2024-01-31: Public hearing held

• 2024-02-05: Fiscal estimate received

• 2024-02-05: Representative Riemer added as a coauthor

• 2024-02-12: Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Joers and Hurd

• 2024-02-14: Executive action taken

• 2024-02-15: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1

• 2024-02-15: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1

• 2024-02-15: Referred to committee on Rules

• 2024-02-15: Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

• 2024-02-20: Read a second time

• 2024-02-20: Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

• 2024-02-20: Ordered to a third reading

• 2024-02-20: Rules suspended

• 2024-02-20: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 2

• 2024-02-20: Ordered immediately messaged

• 2024-02-21: Received from Assembly

• 2024-02-26: Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

• 2024-02-26: Available for scheduling

• 2024-03-11: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

• 2024-03-11: Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

• 2024-03-12: Read a second time

• 2024-03-12: Ordered to a third reading

• 2024-03-12: Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

• 2024-03-12: Read a third time and concurred in

• 2024-03-12: Ordered immediately messaged

• 2024-03-12: Received from Senate concurred in

• 2024-03-13: Report correctly enrolled on 3-13-2024

• 2024-03-18: Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

• 2024-03-25: Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 201

• 2024-03-25: Published 3-23-2024