We knew this was coming. Everyone on our side of this issue has been watching the Kansas House closely over the past few days. In fact, we've been fighting this one in Kansas for a while, first in the executive branch, as the article notes:
Opponents of the limits flooded the state Department of Agriculture with e-mails when the proposed labeling restrictions came before that agency last year. Agriculture officials ultimately decided to leave the decision up to the Legislature.
Powell said he thought most of the opposition was coming from a vocal minority and their comments wouldn't hold much sway with lawmakers.
From what I've heard, we might still be OK - for now. Apparently the main proponent of the bill is Kansas Secretary of Ag Adrian Polansky. I don't know why the House has been so eager to pass it, but it doesn't seem that the Senate is equally enthusiastic.
The Kansas Senate Ag Committee will not meet again this session, which means they won't have a chance to pass this bill out of committee to the full Senate. That PROBABLY means the bill is dead (for now) unless somebody adds the language of the bill to another bill in a conference committee. However, the Senate Ag Committee chairman Taddiken probably would not want to do that because the Senate has not had a chance to have any hearings on the matter. |
