3/3/15 Call to Action – Beverage Tax Attacking again, call your senator and oppose this tax. It affects everyone! To find out who your senator is call 217-782-2000 Bill Status of SB1584 99th General Assembly Short Description: HEAL ACT-BEVERAGES Senate Sponsors Sen. Mattie Hunter New Act 35 ILCS 1010/1-45 30 ILCS 105/5.866 new Synopsis As Introduced Creates the Healthy Eating […]
Category: Legislation
Conn. bill would tax candy, soft drinks by the ounce
3/2/15 Regulatory Update Conn. bill would tax candy, soft drinks by the ounce A Connecticut lawmaker introduced a bill this week that would impose a tax of one cent per ounce on candy and carbonated or uncarbonated soft drinks in an effort to curb childhood obesity rates. The bill, which has met opposition from the […]
Illinois Lawmakers Reintroduce Sugary Beverage Tax Bill
2/20/2015 Senate Referred to Assignments From Vending Market Watch: Illinois Lawmakers Reintroduce Sugary Beverage Tax Bill Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter and State Rep. Robyn Gabel reintroduced the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Act to the Illinois General Assembly last week. The act would create a 1-cent-per ounce excise tax on distributors of bottles of […]
Soda tax finds its way to budget table, again
6/2/15 Shared by Mark Denzler & The Herald Review Soda tax finds its way to budget table, again May 29, 2015 5:15 am JORDAN MADDOX H&R Springfield Bureau Writer SPRINGFIELD – The state’s financial woes have supporters of adding a one-cent per ounce tax on sugary beverages hopeful the proposal may be included in the […]
Letter urges Congress to pass H.R. 527
2/3/15 NAMA has joined with other associations, trade groups and non-profit organizations in signing a letter to Congress supporting H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015. The letter urges Congress to pass H.R. 527 to reform the regulatory process to ensure that all federal agencies appropriately consider the impact of their rules […]
12/09/14 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rules on menu labeling and calorie disclosure
by Terry Smith, NFBEI & NAMA Government Affairs Dear NAMA Member, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rules on menu labeling and calorie disclosure yesterday. Our team has been diligently working to review the 130-page rule on calorie disclosure requirements applicable to vending. As promised, we have put together a synopsis of […]
11/25/14 FDA finalizes menu and vending machine calorie labeling rules
Shared by Terry Smith, NFBEI – Hello All: See the press release below. You will note that for vending, the labeling requirements apply only to operators with 20 or more machines. We understood at the time of the enactment of the law that the 20 vending machine threshold applies to individual vendors and not to the state business […]
11/05/14 Nation’s first soda tax is passed
Shared by Kevin Dwyer –Nation’s first soda tax is passed Laura Mandaro, USA TODAY Network 9:08 a.m. EST November 5, 2014 Berkeley, Calif., became the first U.S. city to pass a law taxing sugary drinks including sodas. More than three-quarters of the votes cast were in favor of Measure D, according to the Alameda County […]
10/3/14 NAMA’s 2014 Public Policy Confab Apprises Congress About Coin Changes
From Vending Times – Emily Jed NAMA’s 2014 Public Policy Confab Apprises Congress About Coin Changes, Fit Pick And Micromarkets Issue Date: Vol. 54, No. 10, October 2014, Posted On: 10/3/2014 WASHINGTON — The National Automatic Merchandising Association’s 2014 Public Policy Conference in the nation’s capital was the largest, to date, with more participants and […]
7/10/14 Congress Passes Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act
From Lawrence Carter-Long for the National Council on Disability For Immediate Release: July 10, 2014 Congress Passes Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Significant Changes Ahead for NCD WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday July 9, the House of Representatives passed the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) following Senate passage of the same by a vote of 95-3 […]