{"id":1482,"date":"2011-04-27T13:31:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dmentd.com\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2011-04-27T13:31:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-27T18:31:43","slug":"the-texas-baker%e2%80%99s-bill%e2%80%a6-forward-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/the-texas-baker%e2%80%99s-bill%e2%80%a6-forward-momentum","title":{"rendered":"The Texas Baker\u2019s Bill\u2026 Forward Momentum!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas House of Representatives Bill #HB2084<\/strong><\/a> (cottage foods, raw milk availability at a wider range of venues, Farmer\u2019s Market support, etc) has been voted out of committee and is on its way to the House to (hopefully) be voted on.\u00a0 Previously there were two bills supporting a Cottage Food industry in Texas — HB1139 and HB2084 — but HB2084 is the one that apparently got the most attention and support, so we’ll take any progress we can get.<\/p>\n

This is the result of a lot of support from individuals <\/strong><\/span><\/em>contacting their Representatives and the Public Health Committee, and showing up at the public hearing for the bill and putting their names down in support.\u00a0 This is way further than the bill got two years ago.<\/p>\n

Now that the bill is out of committee, the broader membership of the Texas House of Representatives needs to be poked by their constituents, to be let known that they should support HB2084 when it comes up for a vote.\u00a0 Again, the power of individuals holds a lot of weight here, and if enough noise is made the Representatives may just get the hint that the people they represent think something is important.\u00a0 An individual voice doesn\u2019t make a lot of noise, but thousands of them added together can raise a din and will start to get attention.<\/p>\n

I am asking that you guys email, call, write\u2026 whatever, just reach out to your Representative and let them know you want them to support HB2084.\u00a0 You can figure out who your Rep is HERE<\/strong><\/a> . While you’re at it, ask them to sign on as a Joint Author or Co-Author to show their support.\u00a0 Forward this info to anyone you think may be willing to help out.<\/p>\n

If the bill passes the House, we get to start over again with the Senate, but it\u2019ll be a slightly easier road as it will already have momentum.\u00a0 You can look forward to us bugging you again when that time comes.\u00a0 *grins*<\/strong><\/p>\n

If this bill makes it through the House and Senate, this opens up a greater opportunity for Sweets to get the bakery business off the ground, legally and without the obnoxious start-up expenses it would take to operate out of a commercial kitchen environment \u2013 this would be a happy middle step on the way to that goal.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve enjoyed any of the yummy baked goods I\u2019ve brought around, consider being able to get them all the time, and having that deliciousness unleashed in Austin.\u00a0 Consider those treats you\u2019ve already consumed as a down-payment on your willing cooperation in this matter. *grins*<\/strong> A lot of you aren\u2019t very civic minded, so don\u2019t do this for the greater good\u2026 do it for Sweets\u2019 and mine.\u00a0 It\u2019ll only take a few minutes of your time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas House of Representatives Bill #HB2084 (cottage foods, raw milk availability at a wider range of venues, Farmer\u2019s Market support, etc) has been voted out of committee and is on its way to the House to (hopefully) be voted on.\u00a0 Previously there were two bills supporting a Cottage Food industry in Texas — HB1139 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,31,32,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","category-promotion","category-spotlight","category-stress"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1485,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1482\/revisions\/1485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmentd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}