prohibiting municipalities from requiring licenses, restrictions, or exclusions for the production and sale of homestead food products.
This bill prohibits municipalities from requiring licenses for the production and sale of homegrown food products that are already exempt from certain regulations under state law. It directly affects small-scale food producers (like those selling homemade goods) and local governments that previously could impose such licensing rules. The key provision amends state law to explicitly ban municipal license requirements for these exempt products. The change applies statewide and takes effect 60 days after passage.
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Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Nov 21, 2025
Signed Jul 9, 2026
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The changes between the adopted version and the final chaptered version are entirely technical and administrative. The bill was assigned Chapter 246, its sections were renumbered with the chapter prefix (e.g., '1' became '246:1'), and approval/effective dates of July 02, 2026 were added. No substantive policy language was altered.
TECHNICAL
Chapter number 246 was assigned to the bill, and section numbers were renumbered with the chapter prefix (e.g., section 1 became 246:1, section 2 became 246:2).
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Approval date (July 02, 2026) and effective date (July 02, 2026) were added at the end of the document.
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Total actions
18
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Jul 9, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 07/02/2026; Chapter 246; Effective 07/02/2026
upper
May 21, 2026
Introduced
Sen. Innis Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 05/21/2026; SJ 13
upper
May 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1481h: MA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 20
lower
May 14, 2026
Introduced
Amendment # 2026-1481h: AA VV 05/14/2026 HJ 13 P. 20
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1481h (NT) 05/05/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 19 P. 13
lower
Apr 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Full Committee Work Session: 05/05/2026 10:00 am GP 153
lower
Apr 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Full Committee Work Session: 04/28/2026 10:00 am GP 153
lower
Apr 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Full Committee Work Session: 04/14/2026 01:30 pm GP 153
lower
Apr 1, 2026
Lower · Passed
Full Committee Work Session: 04/07/2026 01:00 pm GP 153
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Introduced
Introduced (in recess of) 02/19/2026 and referred to Environment and Agriculture HJ 5 P. 124
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/29/2026; SJ 2
upper
Jan 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 01/29/2026, Vote 3-2; SC 3
upper
Nov 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 1
upper
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
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