Efforts to Reduce Food Waste

Document formatting changed from final act signature version to rerevised version with bill summary, committee assignments, and legislative history notes.

Removed final act signature lines, speaker signatures, and governor signature from the document.

Added bill summary explaining the bill's purpose and Senate committee assignments.

Added requirement for the department to provide annual training on food waste prevention and reduction strategies, with guidance documents posted on the department website.

Added faith-based organizations to the list of eligible recipients for food donations alongside individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations.

Corrected several typos and formatting errors in the original text, including spelling errors like 'dclivcr' to 'deliver' and 'whet' to 'who'.

Fixed formatting inconsistencies in the bill text, including capitalization changes and spacing corrections throughout the document.

Added explicit inclusion of faith-based organizations and individuals as eligible recipients of liability immunity for food donations.

Clarified that nonprofit organizations transferring donated food to other nonprofits are not liable, with exceptions for willful or reckless acts.

Removed duplicate and inconsistent formatting, including redundant text and corrected typos in sponsor names and statutory language.

Added explicit language stating that immunity does not apply to willful, wanton, or reckless acts causing injury or death.

Added names of additional sponsors (Bacon, Boesenecker, Brown, Camacho, Clifford, Duran, English, Garcia, Hamrick, Lindsay, Mauro, McCormick, Rutinel, Sirota, Smith, Titone, Valdez, Willford, Woodrow) to the House Sponsorship list.

Updated version header from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' and adjusted related text to reflect that amendments were adopted in the House of Introduction rather than on Second Reading.

Added date 'February 27, 2025' and 'HOUSE' designation to the document header.

Removed language exempting individuals from civil or criminal liability when distributing food to needy or poor persons.

Deleted the phrase 'nor any individuals' from the liability exemption section, clarifying that individuals do not receive immunity protections.

Added language clarifying that nonprofit organizations transferring food to other nonprofits for needy person distribution remain liable for damages related to food condition or packaging.

Changed bill header from 'INTRODUCED' to 'ENGROSSED' and updated bill number formatting from 'HB25-1166' to '1166'.