92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
RADOGNO-WALSH,L-OBAMA-VIVERITO-SILVERSTEIN, SMITH, HENDON, 
   SHAW, MADIGAN,L, JONES,E, CRONIN, HALVORSON, TROTTER, 
   LAUZEN, O'MALLEY, PHILIP, CLAYBORNE, DEL VALLE, SHADID, 
   CULLERTON, DELEO, DONAHUE, PARKER, DEMUZIO, 
   BOMKE, SULLIVAN, DILLARD, LINK, WALSH,T AND GEO-KARIS.

House Sponsors:
DART-LYONS,EILEEN-KLINGLER-ZICKUS

Short description: 
HALAL FOOD ACT                                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Deletes everything. Creates the Halal Food Act. Contains only a        
   short title provision.                                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          815 ILCS 505/2KK new                                                 
        Deletes everything. Creates the Halal Food Act. ("Halal" food is       
   defined to mean food that is prepared under and maintained in strict        
   compliance with the laws of the Islamic religion.) Makes it a Class B       
   misdemeanor  for  any  person  to:  make  a statement that tends to         
   deceive or otherwise lead a reasonable individual to  believe  that  a      
   non-halal  food  product  is  halal;  falsely represent any food sold,      
   prepared, served, or offered for sale to be halal; remove  or  destroy      
   the  original  identification  affixed to food commodities to indicate      
   they are halal; or engage in certain other conduct. Amends the              
   Consumer  Fraud  and  Deceptive  Business Practices Act. Provides           
   that  a  dealer  who  prepares,  distributes, sells, or exposes             
   for sale any food represented to be halal shall disclose the basis          
   upon which that representation is made  by  posting the information         
   required  by  the  Director  of  Agriculture  in  a conspicuous             
   place upon the premises at  which  the  food  is  sold  or exposed          
   for sale.  Provides that a violation is an unlawful practice.               
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                
        In  the  definition  of  "advertise",  includes  advertising   in      
   Internet  and electronic media.  In the definition of "food", includes      
   "any  beverage"  (rather  than   "any   alcoholic   or   non-alcoholic      
   beverage").                                                                 
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3.                                                
        Replaces everything with provisions substantially similar to           
   those  of  S-am 1 and S-am 2, creating the Halal Food Act and amending      
   the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Changes from       
   S-am 1 and S-am 2 include the following: (1) In the definition of           
   "halal", adds a reference to laws and customs as expressed by               
   recognized Islamic entities and scholars; (2) adds references to farms      
   on which animals are raised and references to the growing of animals        
   represented to be grown in a halal way; (3) makes it a Class B              
   misdemeanor to falsely represent any animal sold, grown, or offered         
   for sale to be grown in a halal way to become food for human                
   consumption; and (4) in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business           
   Practices Act,  provides that neither an animal represented to be           
   grown in a halal way to become food for human consumption, nor a            
   food commodity represented as halal, may be offered for sale until          
   the dealer has registered documenting information of the certifying         
   Islamic entity.                                                             
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        In the Halal Food Act, in the definition of  "food"  and  related      
   terms,  adds  references  to  inspections of food and food products as      
   required by law and to approval of food  preparation  sources  by  the      
   Department of Agriculture. Provides that nothing in the Halal Food          
   Act shall be construed to exempt halal food from any provisions of          
   the federal Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1978 that may be             
   applicable. In the amendatory changes to the Consumer Fraud and             
   Deceptive Business Practices Act, requires that documenting                 
   information concerning halal food be registered with the Director           
   of Agriculture.                                                             
          FISCAL NOTE (Department of Agriculture)                              
          SB 750 would not impose any additional cost on the Department        
          to implement. The Department could comply with the increased         
          number of inspections with its current existing staff and            
          resources.                                                           
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0394

   Last action date: AUG-16-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   3


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