3/31/15 Illinois Lawmakers Propose Soda Tax Join NAMA and the Illinois Beverage Association & Tell Lawmakers That Beverage Taxes are Bad for Business! Dear NAMA Member, Last month, Sen. Mattie Hunter (D-3rd District) and Rep. Robyn Gabel (D-18th District) introduced two bills (SB 1584 and HB 2667, respectively) that would impose a penny-cent-per-ounce tax […]
Category: 2015
Heal Act –Beverages Update
3/24/15 Heal Act –Beverages Update Short Description: HEAL ACT-BEVERAGES House Sponsors Rep. Robyn Gabel – Esther Golar – Elizabeth Hernandez – Rita Mayfield, Linda Chapa LaVia and Ann Williams Hearings Sales and Other Taxes Subcommittee Hearing Mar 26 2015 8:15AM Capitol Building Room 118 Springfield, IL Revenue & Finance Committee Hearing Mar 26 2015 8:00AM Capitol Building Room 118 Springfield, […]
What Everyone with a Retinal Disease Should Know about Vitamin A
3/17/15 Shared by the Foundation Fighting Blindness What Everyone with a Retinal Disease Should Know about Vitamin A By Ben Shaberman on March 10, 2015 If you think of your retinas as the engines that power your vision, then vitamin A is their fuel. Without vitamin A in our diets, we wouldn’t see. In developed countries, typical diets […]
Illinois Soda Tax Campaign Support Materials
3/17/15 From Tom Cullen and IAMC: Illinois Soda Tax Campaign Support Materials Here is a script to be used when calling to oppose the tax; “Hello, this is [Name]. I’m a [job title] with [company name or organization]. I have been working at the [facility] in [location] for [#] years. I live and am registered to vote in your district. It has come to […]
NAMA Offers Update On FDA Vending Machine Calorie Labeling Rule
3/10/15 Vending Times Tim SanfordEditor@vendingtimes.net Issue Date: Vol. 55, No. 4, April 2015, Posted On: 3/9/2015 NAMA Offers Update On FDA Vending Machine Calorie Labeling Rule, Recommends Waiting On Compliance CHICAGO — The National Automatic Merchandising Association reports that the Food and Drug Administration will issue a “compliance guide” for its final rule on caloric-content […]
Illinois lawmakers want healthier options
3/10/15 From the Quad City Times – Illinois lawmakers want healthier options in vending machines March 05, 2015 4:43 pm Jordan Maddox Times Bureau SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House Thursday approved a plan to make the snacks in some vending machines healthier. A resolution sponsored by state Rep. Don Moffitt, R-Gilson, asks the Illinois Department of […]
Illinois Beverage Tax
3/10/15 From John Gordon, Chairman ICBV – Illinois Beverage Tax As most of you probably know by now senate bill 1584 has been introduced by Senator Mattie Hunter. It is also been introduced in the Illinois House as HB2667, which has already been assigned to a committee which is supposed to have its first hearing on Thursday March […]
REST AREA/WELCOME CTR SNACKS Bill Status of HJR0029 99th General Assembly
3/3/15 Bill Status of HJR0029 99th General Assembly Short Description: REST AREA/WELCOME CTR SNACKS House Sponsors Rep. Donald L. Moffitt – Linda Chapa LaVia Synopsis As Introduced Urges the Illinois Department of Transportation to offer at least 3 healthy snacks containing less than 220 calories for every 10 snacks in vending machines in State rest stops […]
Call to Action – Beverage Tax Attacking again
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 […]
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 […]