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ROLL CALL: KS HOUSE HB 2295 HB 2295, An act concerning milk and dairy products; relating to labels for such products, was considered on final action.On roll call, the vote was: Yeas 75; Nays 44; Present but not voting: 0; Absent or not voting: 6. Yeas: Bethell, Bowers, A. Brown, Burgess, Carlin, Carlson, Craft, Crum, DeGraaf, Donohoe, Faber, Feuerborn, Fund, Furtado, George, Goico, Goyle, Grange, Grant, Hawk, Hayzlett, Henry, Hermanson, Hill, Hineman, C. Holmes, Huebert, Jack, Johnson, Kerschen, King, Knox, Landwehr, Light, Lukert, Maloney, Mast, McCray-Miller, Mc- Leland, Merrick, Morrison, Moxley, Myers, Navinsky, Neufeld, O’Brien, O’Neal, Olson, Otto, Palmer, Patton, Phelps, Pottorff, Powell, Prescott, Proehl, Rhoades, Roth, Schroeder, Schwab, Schwartz, Sloan, Swanson, Tafanelli, Talia, Tietze, Trimmer, Vickrey, Ward, Watkins, Wetta, Whitham, Williams, B. Wolf, Worley. Nays: Benlon, T. Brown, Brunk, Burroughs, Colloton, Crow, Davis, Dillmore, Finney, Flaharty, Frownfelter, D. Gatewood, S. Gatewood, Gordon, Henderson, M. Holmes, Huntington, Kelley, Kiegerl, Kinzer, Kleeb, Kuether, Lane, Loganbill, Long, Mah, Menghini, Neighbor, Pauls, Peck, Peterson, Quigley, Rardin, Ruiz, Sawyer, Seiwert, Shultz, Siegfreid, Slattery, Spalding, Svaty, Swenson, K. Wolf, Yoder. Present but not voting: None. Absent or not voting: Aurand, Ballard, Brookens, Garcia, Horst, Winn. The bill passed, as amended. MARCH 20, 2009 353 EXPLANATION OF VOTE MR. SPEAKER: While I appreciate the spirit behind Truth in Labeling, I cannot support the trend to squeeze out the small farmer/homesteader who is attempting to fill a niche market that the large farms can’t address. Of particular note is the requirement that the disclaimer, however valid, be in a font of similar size and style as the claim concerning hormones. We don’t even require that of the Surgeon General’s warning on cigarettes, which appears in small type and usually not on the front of the pack. I believe this portion of the bill is overkill. I vote "no" on HB 2295.— MITCH HOLMES, S. MIKE KIEGERL, ARLEN SIEGFREID |
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